This Day in Alaska History-October 18th, 1867
Monday’s US Holiday Dilemma: Celebrate Columbus or Indigenous Peoples?
Monday is Columbus Day in the United States. It is also a day that many people now celebrate as Indigenous Peoples Day. Columbus Day has been a federal holiday since 1937, in honor of Christopher Columbus’ so-called discovery of America. Many people, especially Native Americans, have taken offense at the notion that Columbus discovered the […]
Have a Safe Memorial Day!
On the last Monday in the month of May, America stops and remembers those who died while in the U.S. military. While it has been a federal holiday only since 1971, the day has been observed since the end of the Civil War. At that time, the day was known as Decoration Day. Waterloo, New […]
Department of Military & Veterans Affairs to host Veterans Day ceremony
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — Maj. Gen. Torrence Saxe, adjutant general of the Alaska National Guard and commissioner of the Department of Military & Veterans Affairs, will host a Veterans Day ceremony at the Alaska National Guard armory on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, November 11 at 10:30 a.m. The ceremony will honor the women and men […]