Veterans Day
Veterans Who Write: Sharing Their Stories, Seeking Peace
Many Kansas City area veterans have chosen to write – often several decades after the fact – stories about their military experiences. Here are their stories.
Bringing Back Missing Veterans: ‘Always Loved – Never Forgotten’
Over the past 13 months, at least four families in the Kansas City region have received the remains or relics of family members who served in the military that have been missing for as long as 80 years.
Kansas Photographer’s Portraits Share Stories of Homeless Veterans
Kansas photographer Doug Barrett, whose work has gained international attention in recent months, has documented the lives of 75 homeless veterans in 16 states.
Remembering Revolutionary War Patriots Buried Among Us
About 20 Revolutionary War patriots are buried in the Kansas City area. Here are some of their stories.
Nick’s Picks | Election Day Fallout and Veterans Day Shape the Week Ahead
Nick’s Picks assesses Election Day results and looks ahead to Veterans Day and the upcoming holiday season.
Remembering The Lost in Vietnam
People across the country still wear bracelets to remember prisoners of war and service members missing in action during the Vietnam War.
One War Leads to Another
A new exhibit, “The Vietnam War: 1945-1975,” opens at the National World War I Museum and Memorial in Kansas City on Nov. 8 and runs through next May.
All In The Family
Dave Damico has fond memories of talking baseball with his grandfather while growing up in Grandview, Missouri, just south of Kansas City. But one subject Damico’s grandfather rarely discussed — save for mention of fleas and lice — was his time in the trenches as a regimental-supply sergeant during World War I. Nor does Damico…
These Colorado Veterans Are Finding Peace On The Farm
Ben and Leticia Ward’s farm in Fountain, Colorado, just outside Colorado Springs, doesn’t look like an army base. But it’s not hard to uncover whiffs of military influence at Little Roman Farm. A stack of sturdy fiberglass bins next to a greenhouse seem benign, ready to be put to use as brooding bins for chickens…
Healing the Invisible Wounds of Combat
It’s the serviceman who beats himself up about being unable to save a dying buddy. Or the truck driver who follows orders to run over children in the road, because they might be placed there to facilitate an ambush of a convoy. While it has been more than half a century since the United States…