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The Veterans Band Aid Music Festival will be held Friday and Saturday at the Holiday Trav-L-Park. Tickets range from $35 to $65 for one and two-day general admission ..read more
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Around 700 people were in attendance at the first Memorial Day Parade hosted by the Larchmont Edgewater Civic League in Norfolk ..read more
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The Patriotic Festival at the Scope Arena this Memorial Day weekend brings together "a very patriotic community" in Hampton Roads ..read more
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Gerald "Jerry" Gandy met with a Virginian-Pilot reporter and photographer in April at his Virginia Beach home. For nearly four hours, the 82-year-old Vietnam War veteran painstakingly recounted his wartime experiences — detailing the sights, sounds, smells and the bloodshed of his time in the jungle ..read more
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Memorial Day is supposed to be about mourning the nation’s fallen service members, but it’s come to anchor the unofficial start of summer and a long weekend of discounts on anything from mattresses to lawn mowers ..read more
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Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin says that European allies are developing a coordinated program to train Ukrainian forces on the F-16 fighter jet. But Pentagon leaders warn that it will be a costly and complex task and won’t be a magic solution to the war ..read more
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According to the Elizabeth Dole Foundation, there are more than 5.5 million "hidden heroes," spouses and children serving as a caregiver to their disabled military veteran. Virginia Beach resident Lillie Williams was among them, but now has a caregiver to help tend to her husband's needs ..read more
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At least 4,000 sightings have been reported in Norfolk and Virginia Beach over the last 50 years, according to data collected by Enigma Labs, a UAP tracking company that hosted a discussion this week in downtown Norfolk ..read more
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Congresswoman Jen Kiggans, who represents the 2nd District, introduced last week the Sailor Standard of Care Act, what she calls a “bipartisan solution” to improve mental health care for sailors. She championed the legislation in response to the suicides of seven Hampton Roads-based sailors last year. The tally for 2023 is already at two ..read more
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Trails of Purpose, which uses horses for assisted psychotherapy and mental health education, will host military members and their families during an open farm day on May 27 at One Red Maple Farm in Virginia Beach. The nonprofit began in 2019 on a 15-acre farm in Chesapeake ..read more