by Alisa Nelson | Aug 29, 2023 | Military, News, Politics / Govt
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...
by Alisa Nelson | Feb 13, 2023 | Legislature, Military, News
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...
by admin | Nov 13, 2020 | Business, Education, History, Legislature, News
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...
by admin | Nov 12, 2020 | History, Military, News
Dozens of U.S. military veterans, Gold Star families, state lawmakers and civilians turned out on a sun-soaked Veterans Day afternoon in Jefferson City for a groundbreaking ceremony for the Gold Star Families Memorial Monument. It will be built near the Missouri...
