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    April 17, 2018
    Expo connects veterans with resources
    The University of Wisconsin-Superior and Douglas County host the fifth annual free Veterans Expo 3-7 p.m. April 24 in the Yellowjacket Union Great Room, 1605 Catlin Ave. The evening includes presentations from the Richard I. Bong Veterans Historical Center. Remarks will be made by...
    news/educationApril 17, 2018 - 7:40am
    March 23, 2018
    Guides offer veterans free fishing trip
    Veterans are going on a free fishing trip with local guides as a token of appreciation for their service. This April, veterans in the Twin Ports area will be able to join fishing guides to catch steelhead on local streams and rivers. Meant as a donation to veterans to say "thank you"...
    sports/outdoorsMarch 23, 2018 - 7:54am
    March 13, 2018
    Camp Bong offers lessons on military life
    The University of Wisconsin-Superior Center for Continuing Education and Richard I. Bong Veterans Historical Center are teaming for the third-annual Camp Bong. Camp Bong is a sleepover experience at the Bong Veterans Center providing youth and adults the chance to meet veterans, engage...
    news/educationMarch 13, 2018 - 8:46am
    December 24, 2017
    Duluth Warriors hockey players Brett Jelinek (left) and Kevin Kroll laugh together after an impromptu wrestling match on the ice while Matt Caple adjusts his goalie pads at Superior Ice Arena. Being together on the team allows the players to experience the sense of brotherhood that they shared while in the military. Clint Austin / Forum News Service
    SOLIDARITY ON SKATES: Duluth Warriors offer way for servicemen to reconnect through hockey
    DULUTH—When he left the Navy in 2007 after four years and three deployments, Nate Miller returned to his hometown of St. Cloud, Minn. Gathering...
    sports/hockeyDecember 24, 2017 - 10:02pm
    December 12, 2017
    Bong Center collects donations for veterans
    In the spirit of the Holiday Season, the Richard I. Bong Veterans Historical Center, the Bong Book Club, Richard I. Bong American Legion Post 43 and auxiliary are again looking for donations for the Silver Bay Veterans Home in Minnesota. The program started 12 years ago to bring holiday...
    newsDecember 12, 2017 - 8:40am
    November 10, 2017
    Jed Carlson / jcarlson@superiortelegram.com The Richard I. Bong American Legion Post #435 Honor Guard raises the American flag outside of Northern Lights Elementary School in Superior on Friday morning.
    Veterans raise flag, honored at Northern Lights Elementary
    The Richard I. Bong American Legion Post 435 Honor Guard pulled double duty on Friday morning in Superior. Not only did they raise a flag at...
    news/educationNovember 10, 2017 - 1:48pm
    November 3, 2017
    Paul Helbach, chairman of the Price of War Memorial committee, points out some of the basalt boulders that would be placed in the Brule town park as part of the memorial Oct. 20 at a Brule quarry. The large stones would signify the weight and gravity of war. The first fundraiser for the proposed memorial takes place Nov. 10. Maria Lockwood
    Brule remembers the price of war
    Basalt boulders from the heart of the Brule area will be the centerpiece of a proposed memorial that focuses on "The Price of War" — one...
    newsNovember 3, 2017 - 7:00am
    October 10, 2017
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    After years of searching Goodridge, Minn., man returns WWII vet's watch
    GOODRIDGE, Minn.—A local Goodridge, Minn., man searching for the owner of a watch thought that answers would bring closure, but instead, the...
    newsOctober 10, 2017 - 8:16am
    September 25, 2017
    John Middlemas appears in a tweet by his grandson, Brennan Gilmore. Via Brennan Gilmore / Twitter.
    Photo of 97-year-old WWII veteran taking a knee goes viral
    In response to several tweets on the issue over the weekend from President Donald Trump, a lot of people--famous and not--took to Twitter voicing...
    newsSeptember 25, 2017 - 1:07pm
    September 22, 2017
    History of ordinary men, extraordinary acts
    "I shoot down a couple here and there, and they give me a Congressional Medal and write big stories about me. War is hell." Those are the words from Maj. Dick Bong in a letter to his Mom on Dec. 17, 1944, fresh off of being awarded our nation's highest military honor. I have only...
    newsSeptember 22, 2017 - 7:00am
    July 21, 2017
    Vietnam veteran, Bob Gunnarson, of Duluth, points out a name to his grandson, Austin Gunnarson, 14, of Superior, at the Healing Wall, a 250-foot replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, which is set up at Barkers Island in Superior. Gunnarson, served two tours of duty on the USS Constellation, between 1968 and 1970. Jed Carlson / jcarlson@superiortelegram.com
    'The honor they deserve'
    Standing near a half-size replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Sonny Hancock wore the modern-day regalia common to the soldiers of that...
    newsJuly 21, 2017 - 12:29pm
    July 17, 2017
    The Wall that Heals A man honors a fallen Marine at the Wall that Heals in Downingtown, Pa. in March of last year. The Wall that Heals is a traveling replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., and will be in Superior from July 20 to July 23, hosted by Halvor Lines. Courtesy of Latosha Adams
    Updated: Honoring sacrifices to heal
    A story in Friday’s Telegram used a database of names appearing on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial and their location on the Wall. Several Superior...
    newsJuly 17, 2017 - 3:49pm
    July 12, 2017
    Mary Hagen of Duluth holds a photo of her brother James Hubert, a World War II vet who died in battle in the South Pacific Island of Tarawa. DNA testing identified his long-lost remains that will be brought home to be buried this summer. Bob King / Forum News Serviceplay button
    Long lost Duluth Marine to be interred on Saturday
    DULUTH, Minn. — After shipping off to the Pacific theater following the attack of Pearl Harbor, U.S. Marine Sgt. James Joseph Hubert was...
    newsJuly 12, 2017 - 11:36pm
    June 14, 2017
    Photo courtesy of the Richard I. Bong Veterans Historical Center
    Mayor proclaims Wednesday 'Tank Day'
    The public is invited to attend a special M60A3 Tank Day and Flag Day celebration at 10 a.m. today (Wednesday) at the Bong Center.
    newsJune 14, 2017 - 8:19am
    May 26, 2017
    Gavin Dalbec, left, Carter Edwards, center, and Kaden Radich, all 8th graders from Superior Middle School, take the time to clean and pull back sod that’s grown over the headstones of Leonard Drinkwine, left, and Ivor Nelson after placing flags at veteran’s sites at Calvary Cemetery in Superior on Thursday morning. Jed Carlson / jcarlson@superiortelegram.com
    Memorial Day services abound in Northland
    Originally known as Decoration Day in the years following the Civil War, Memorial Day honors the men and women who died while serving in the...
    newsMay 26, 2017 - 7:00am
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