The Express Newspaper – January 4, 2018
Tag Archives: war
Korean Vets Recognition Day – By Paul O’Keefe
Article on page 13 of the August 17th Express.
O’Keefe Honors 64th Armistice Anniversary
Article and photo on page 8 of the August 3rd Express.
Ray Gadoua Went to War at 17 – by Sandy McBride
Article on page 8 of the 11/24 Express.
The Express Newspaper November 24, 2016
Supervisors Want to Keep Cold War Vets Tax Breaks – by H. Wessell
BALLSTON SPA, March 7 – The Saratoga County Supervisors' Equalization and Assessment wants to see some continuation of a tax exemption for homeowners who are Cold War veterans– and better awareness of the one that has been available.
Read the entire article in the 03-17 edition
Katherine Hutton WWI Heroine – by S. McBride
World War I began with the assassination of one small nation’s leader in April, 1914 which ignited a glut of regional hostilities, and like a spider snaring victims in a web, drew much of Europe into a war like none the world had ever seen before.
The United States resisted involvement for several years, not wanting to get sucked into a primarily European war that had little meaning for the western hemisphere. But on April 6, 1917, the United States declared war on Germany after a number of attacks on civilian ships and an attempt by Germany to draw Mexico into the war on their side.
Read the entire article in the July 9th edition.
Mechanicville’s Firemen Who Went to War – by S. McBride
Whenever someone shares a book or booklet with me from years ago, a hidden treasure they’ve found among their family’s possessions, I am delighted. So it was when Scott Smith recently dropped off at the Express office a booklet from the 58th Annual Convention of the Hudson Valley Volunteer Firemen’s Association which was held here in Mechanicville on June 26, 27 and 28 in 1947. But this booklet has even more meaning, more poignancy, than the usual commemorative publication.
Read the entire article in the April 9th edition.
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