The Congressional Gold Medal will be given this week to 13 Gold Star Families, including one from Missouri. The medal is the oldest and highest civilian award given in the United States, alongside the Presidential Medal of Freedom. The families will be accepting the...
An exhibit is on display in Missouri to honor the thousands of U.S. military members who lost their lives in the Middle East after the 9/11 attacks. “Honoring Fallen Heroes of the War on Terror” is the name of the exhibit that’s open for the public to see in eastern...
Thirteen Gold Star Families want “accountability” from the Biden Administration about the 2021 U.S. troop withdrawal from Afghanistan that killed their children. One of the families at a U.S. House Foreign Affairs Roundtable today in Washington, D.C. was the father...
Thirteen U.S. military members died in America’s 2021 pullout in Afghanistan, including one from Missouri. U.S. Marine Lance Corporal Jared Schmitz of Wentzville was killed on August 26, 2021. The 20-year-old Schmitz was killed by a suicide bomber while evacuating...
Jefferson City’s mayor says the Gold Star Families Memorial Monument being built on the Missouri Capitol grounds is one of just five monuments located at state capitols nationwide. Mayor Carrie Tergin spoke at this week’s Veterans Day groundbreaking...
