Auxiliary Holds ‘Red Hat Tea Party’ at Bonham Veterans Home
ALA Unit 178 members (L-R) Glena Rogers, Tiffany Troxclair, Mary Kate Troxclair, Dolores Faulkner, Janice Kenyon, and Vickie Allen are ready to greet Bonham residents. Things are getting “back to normal” for ALA Unit 178. After many months away because of COVID...
Color Guard Motto “Have Flags Will Travel”
Post 178 Color Guard events during May 2021. Photo #1 – Texas Gold Star Families Memorial Dedication Photo #2 – Memorial Day Program at Sunrise Senior Living Photo #3 – 31st Annual Lone Star Corvette Classic at Texas Motor Speedway Photo #4 – Armed Forces Day...
Post 178 Officer Elections
The election of our 2021-2022 Post Executive Committee officers will be held at our Membership Meeting on June 21, 2021, at 6:30 P.M. at Venture X – Frisco, 6735 Salt Cedar Way, 3rd floor. This will be a "hybrid" meeting. You will be able to attend and vote...
Flag Day
The first celebration of the U.S. Flag's birthday was held in 1877 on the 100th anniversary of the Flag Resolution of 1777. However, it is believed that the first annual recognition of the flag's birthday dates to 1885 when schoolteacher, BJ Cigrand, first organized a...
United States ARMY 246th Birthday
Every year on June 14th, the United States Army celebrates its creation in 1775. Formed from amateur troops of volunteer soldiers defending colonies against British tyranny, the oldest military force in the United States began before the U.S. formally existed. Their...
National Flag Week
National Flag Week is an offshoot of Flag Day. It is a week-long observance celebrating the creation of the United States Flag. Its’ longevity grew naturally out of the one-day observance that had its’ origins as far back as the 100th anniversary of the creation of...
Women Veterans Day
According to the Department of Veterans Affairs, in 2019 Texas had roughly 181,000 women veterans. This is the largest number of women veterans of any state. During the 85th legislative session in Texas, State Representative Victoria Neave filed House Bill 2698 to...
77th Anniversary of D-Day
June marks the 77th Anniversary of D-Day in Normandy. We will always remember and never forget the sacrifices and valor exhibited by our armed forces on June 6, 1944. On D-Day Allied forces launched a combined naval, air and land assault on Nazi-occupied France. The...
Three Agent Orange Presumptives Added
Three conditions will be added to the list of those presumptively associated with exposure to Agent Orange. Those conditions are bladder cancer, hypothyroidism, and Parkinsonism. Vietnam War era Veterans and their survivors, who previously filed and were denied...