Have you volunteered or contributed to a Memorial or its inception fund?

CW5 Sam R. Baker — Wed, 24 Sep 2014 16:18:34 -0400

I ask this due to the number of folks here who are Veterans and may have felt compelled to honor those who gave the ultimate sacrifice while serving next to or with some of us. I put in the volunteer hours at the USO and other organizations, but when asked about honoring the fallen from the 101st Airborne Division's two Combat Aviation Brigades, I felt as most probably do, that I needed to contribute.

There has been a decade long action to build a new museum on Fort Campbell, but this memorial is separate in that it honors the men and women who have flown, maintained or supported the aviation of the 101st.

Let the folks on RP know about those you find worthy of giving your time, donation or talents to in order to honor their sacrifice. Add your links and share your thoughts.

http://101seaa.org/

Screaming Eagle Aviation AssociationHome

The Screaming Eagle Aviation Association supports the Screaming Eagle Aviation Soldiers, family members and memorializes those that made the ultimate sacrifice. We execute through not for profit fund raising. Screaming Eagle Aviation Soldiers supporting Screaming Eagle Aviation Soldiers!

Response by CW5 Private RallyPoint Member made Sep 24 at 2014 6:04 PM

CW5 Private RallyPoint Member — Wed, 24 Sep 2014 18:04:03 -0400

For me there are two that top the list:

http://www.dav.org/

and

http://www.woundedwarriorproject.org/

Those are two that I support financially.

DAV.org - Disabled American Veterans Charity

We invite everyone, veterans and civilian, men and women, young and old, to join us

Response by MAJ Private RallyPoint Member made Oct 28 at 2017 7:21 PM

MAJ Private RallyPoint Member — Sat, 28 Oct 2017 19:21:26 -0400

I thought it was multiple choice-- talents,and finances also. American Legion Post and District Historian. I build displays and collect veteran histories for the County museum.

Response by CSM Charles Hayden made Oct 28 at 2017 7:53 PM

CSM Charles Hayden — Sat, 28 Oct 2017 19:53:10 -0400

CW5 Sam R. Baker The PATTON Museum at Chiraco Summit, CA,20 miles East of Indio has a wall of Memorial Bricks. There are 4 each HAYDEN bricks there.

I also have a brick at the 40th I D Korean War Memorial at Camp Cook, CA ; now Vandenberg AFB, where the 40th division trained upon being actived for Korea in 1950.

The 'Museum of the U S Army' regularly receives checks from me as does the American Legion.

The deceased mother of my sons loved to dance; before we met she did so at the Hollywood USO.

Response by SMSgt Lawrence McCarter made Oct 30 at 2017 12:35 AM

SMSgt Lawrence McCarter — Mon, 30 Oct 2017 00:35:49 -0400

In the picture last year on November 11th 2016, Veteran's day at the podium is Me as Commander of the American Legion Post 208, Millis, MA acting as Master of ceremonies for the dedication for a new Memorial to honor recent Veteran's of The Persian Gulf War, Panama, Grenada.and other hostilities in the post Viet Nam era. The Memorial behind Me and the American flag in the New Memorial. Already standing in this Veteran's Park are Memorial to WWII, Korea and Viet Nam. The Viet Nam and Korean War Memorial were moved here from another location in town earlier about one year ago. The American Legion Post 208, and AMVETS, Post 495, Military Order of the Purple Heart, Chapter 1515 and the Town Veteran's Service Officer Cynthia Harris, TSgt, USAF (Ret) all had worked hard on all these Memorials. Edward Shropshire a WWII Veteran of the US Coast Guard and Member of Legion Post 208 had drawn the plans for the park and it appeared exactly as He had planned. this includes foot paths, parking and benches . This park is in front of the Veteran's Memorial building, which is the Millis Town Hall.
The Memorials to WWI and earlier war, to include the Spanish America war, Civil War, Revolutionary war and French and Indian War are approx a half mile away in a park next to the front of the American Legion Post Building. That also has had a new hard surface paths and benches added in the past few years. That had been a project of an Eagle Scout in the Boy Scout Troop 115 which our Legion Post sponsors.

Response by LtCol Robert Quinter made Nov 6 at 2017 9:35 PM

LtCol Robert Quinter — Mon, 06 Nov 2017 21:35:30 -0500

A state representative asked me if I would help him create a local military museum. With his connections and my innate charm (well, maybe his charm), we now have an historical building filled with military memorabilia, equipment and weapons, as well as a diorama of the Battle of the Bulge as professional as I have seen in any national museum. You can make it happen. https://berksmilitary.weebly.com/

Berks Military History Museum

Berks Military History Museum 198 E. Wyomissing Avenue Mohnton, PA 19540