Fitzpatrick And just like that, the calendar, once again, turns to Veterans Day. For me, like many of my fellow veterans, Oregonians and Americans, it is a time to reflect and take stock. One year ago, we “gathered” for a Veterans Day unlike any before it, in a virtual environment[Read More…]
Author: KELLY FITZPATRICK - Oregon Department of Veterans’ Affairs Director
Reflecting on unity through diversity
Fitzpatrick For the second year in a row, Memorial Day observances in communities, organizations and even within family groups will look different later this month because of the pandemic. The parades, large ceremonies and other occasions, which I and so many others in the Oregon veteran community have always found[Read More…]
Pandemic can’t obscure Veterans Day milestone
This Veterans Day, for the first time since the holiday was conceived in November 1919, there will be no large ceremonies in big cities and small towns to properly express our gratitude and appreciation of the men and women who served in the U.S. military. Instead, 2020 will be remembered[Read More…]
