It took a speech made by the Commander in Chief to an estimated 40 million people for VDC to learn how George “Buddy” Taggert earned his Purple Heart – and Bronze Star.
Taggart, a resident of Castleton, is part of what remains of the rapidly shrinking generation of Americans who served during World War II. He will celebrate his 100th birthday on July 4.
For the seventeenth year in a row, The Vermont Veterans’ Home received its Christmas Tree from Marine Veteran Don Keelan’s property in Arlington. The tree, a 15-foot balsam, was delivered along with the traditional honorary escort from several Troopers with the Vermont State Police.
Norwich University in Northfield will host its first Wreaths Across America Ceremony on Saturday, Dec. 6, at 1 p.m., at the Norwich University Cemetery. Students, alumni, veterans, and members of the Central Vermont community are invited to take part in the laying of remembrance wreaths and the reading aloud of the names of the fallen.
Participating Vermont cemeteries still need over 2,700 wreaths sponsored for our departed veterans
Veterans and citizens will be observing Veterans Day Tuesday, November 11 in parades and other gatherings across Vermont. Check out one near you.
The seven Marine residents at the Home will be the honored guests and former Governor of Vermont, Jim Douglas, will be the event’s keynote speaker. Fr. Jeremy Means-Koss, of Bennington and Arlington’s St. Peter’s and St. James Episcopal Church will provide the invocation and benediction.
With two chairs who didn’t consider a tax exemption for veterans important enough, the bill was never brought up for a vote.
The politically driven hate messages were discovered as people arrived for a farmers’ market.
Sens. Bernie Sanders and Peter Welch wrote a letter to the Department of Defense on Wednesday, urging Secretary Pete Hegseth to restore funding for Beyond the Yellow Ribbon (BYR) programs — a nationwide network of support services that includes Vermont’s Veterans and Family Outreach Program.
Rep. Becca Balint took to Facebook recently and warned that VA doctors can now refuse care to Democrats — a claim that must have caused fear and concern to her Vermont constituents and veterans. But the troubling part isn’t just the claim itself: it’s that a sitting member of Congress, with access to primary documents and official statements, fell for a debunked narrative without pausing to verify the facts.
The Veterans’ Place in Northfield has begun their 2025 fundraising campaign and they are seeking your support!
Everyone in this country owes our military veterans a debt of gratitude. It’s long past time for the Legislature to pay that debt forward.
Resources and efforts aim to address common challenges of veterans in our communities.
