Thursday, August 25, 2011
Deadline Set for filing Agent Orange Claims
ATTENTION ALL VIETNAM ERA VETERANS: READ THIS: Shocking deadline. You must take action. Families, loved ones and neighbors send this on, it is important that they not miss out. Details here: http://legion.org/veteransbenefits/158350/agent-orange-claim-filing-deadline-aug-30. Also, for those that are Navy Veterans: How a paperwork error excluded hundreds from receiving benefits: http://www.legion.org/magazine/157873/brown-water-bungle
Friday, August 12, 2011
Hygun goes to the Parade…
The American Legion Post 201 in Alpharetta, GA hosted a very special parade which honors all of our veterans from all of our American wars and conflicts as far back as the American Revolution, French and Indian Wars, War of 1812 and even the Civil War to name a few. The Old Soldiers Day Parade in recent years has been a continuous parade for 59 years honoring our veterans of many historical conflicts. Hygun’s new Office Manager, Lisa Tobin, was there to show her patriotism and to honor the many sacrifices all of our soldiers from past and present as she participated in the parade. This year’s theme, “My Flag, My Country: Worth Fighting For”, was a special one since it was dedicated to the 10th Anniversary of September 11 to honor the victims and heroes of that awful day in our history.
It is imperative we remember our veterans as the City of Alpharetta has done since the inception of this wonderful parade back in 1865 after the guns were silenced in the War Between the States. The Confederate Soldiers living in the area established a time each year to re-live a fellowship born of war. They came from miles around by horse, wagon and on foot to a very small town called Alpharetta. Many of them were still living in Alpharetta when the young soldiers of World War I returned to their homes in Milton County. Best evidence would indicate that sometime during 1920 the elderly Confederate Soldiers invited the “Young-uns,” the new veterans of World War I, to assemble to the rear and parade with them down Main Street of Alpharetta. They marched together for only a few years until most were gone and the event faded during the Depression. In 1952, a small group of men in Alpharetta from the American Legion Post 201 re-dedicated the Old Soldiers Day Parade and began having the parade again in downtown Alpharetta. This would be a tribute and living memorial to ALL VETERANS OF ALL WARS. Our country is and will always be worth fighting for under our American Flag of freedom.
It is imperative we remember our veterans as the City of Alpharetta has done since the inception of this wonderful parade back in 1865 after the guns were silenced in the War Between the States. The Confederate Soldiers living in the area established a time each year to re-live a fellowship born of war. They came from miles around by horse, wagon and on foot to a very small town called Alpharetta. Many of them were still living in Alpharetta when the young soldiers of World War I returned to their homes in Milton County. Best evidence would indicate that sometime during 1920 the elderly Confederate Soldiers invited the “Young-uns,” the new veterans of World War I, to assemble to the rear and parade with them down Main Street of Alpharetta. They marched together for only a few years until most were gone and the event faded during the Depression. In 1952, a small group of men in Alpharetta from the American Legion Post 201 re-dedicated the Old Soldiers Day Parade and began having the parade again in downtown Alpharetta. This would be a tribute and living memorial to ALL VETERANS OF ALL WARS. Our country is and will always be worth fighting for under our American Flag of freedom.
Thursday, August 11, 2011
August 1972
As a Vietnam Veteran Owned Small Business, Hygun recognizes this week in history, August 1972, as marking the official end of ground operations in Vietnam for the United States. We thank those who fought for us in this and all conflicts, past and present, that our wonderful country has had to face. God Bless.
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