Davenport, IA – On Aug 31st, approx. 100 Veterans, including 2 WWII veterans, will travel to Washington, D.C to visit the monuments dedicated to their service and sacrifice. This is the 9 th Honor Flight of the Quad Cities that area Hy-Vee stores have sponsored.

On Wednesday, Aug 30th, Hy-Vee is hosting a pre-flight dinner for these veterans, a guest and their guardians.

11 a.m to 1 p.m.

**Food Giveaway with Meat Choices

**Grill Out Lunch courtesy of the Blue Grass American Legion

Book Exhange and Work Clothes Closet is open.

We have launched our Wall of Honor please bring a photo of yourself and years of service or one for a loved one to join our Wall as we say Thank you to our Veterans

Driver and Family Member welcome to join us for lunch

SPRINGFIELD, IL (08/23/2017) (readMedia)-- Spc. Derrick Stoddard of Le Claire, Iowa, an infantryman with Company A, 1st Battalion, 178th Infantry Regiment based in Bartonville, Illinois, won several awards, including the individual multi-gun champion, during the 2017 Illinois Army National Guard's Adjutant General Match at Camp Atterbury, Indiana, Aug. 20.

DES MOINES) – Lt. Gov. Adam Gregg will accompany his grandfather Glenn Gregg, a World War II veteran and Purple Heart recipient, on the Midwest Honor Flight from Sioux Falls, SD, to Washington, D.C., next Tuesday, August 22, 2017.

Saturday, August 19th

Shoe Giveaway, Lunch & Food Basket

11 a.m to 1 p.m.

**Food Giveaway with Meat Packet

**Grill Out Lunch

Book Exhange is open and Work Clothes Closet

We are launching our Wall of Honor please bring a photo of yourself and years of service or one for a loved one to join our Wall as we say Thank you to our Veterans

Thursday, August 03, 2017

The Office of Inspector General at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA OIG) today released the results of its review of the circumstances of veteran Brandon Ketchum’s suicide and whether Ketchum received adequate mental health treatment at the Iowa City VA Health Care System. Sen. Chuck Grassley, Sen. Joni Ernst, Sen. Ron Johnson, and Rep. Dave Loebsack sought the review. They made the following comment.

Sen. Chuck Grassley, chairman of the Judiciary Committee, as a long-time advocate for whistleblowers, wrote to the Department of Veterans Affairs twice about VA retaliation against Brandon Coleman for pointing out poor treatment of suicidal veterans where he worked in Arizona.

MOLINE, IL – WQPT, Quad Cities PBS invites veterans who served in the United States military, in any capacity, from World War I through the present, to share their story of service as a part of the Library of Congress’ Veterans History Project. 

The interviews will be held Saturday, July 29 from noon to 3:00 pm during The Wall That Heals exhibit on the campus of Western Illinois University – Quad Cities, 3300 River Drive, Moline, Illinois.

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Coast Guard is mourning the recent loss of its second Master Chief Petty Officer of the Coast Guard, Phillip F. Smith, who died June 22, 2017.

Scott Community College Foundation is excited to share that they received notification today from The American Legion of Iowa Foundation that the college foundation will receive $2,000 again this year in support of veteran student scholarships.  This funding can be used to support two students at $1,000 each or four students at $500 each.

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