Matt Grills

2 days ago | legion.org | Matt Grills

Homecoming 250 will kick off the nation’s semiquincentennial with a celebration of the services. The Navy and Marine Corps will return to their birthplace in Philadelphia this fall for the national celebration of their 250th anniversaries. The party starts Oct. 9 with a grand parade of ships up the Delaware River, launching a series of tours, concerts, demonstrations, athletic events, a Navy 250th commemoration and other activities through Oct. 16. And on Nov.

1 month ago | legion.org | Matt Grills

A new memorial in Washington, D.C., will pay tribute to the sacrifices and heroic deeds of service animals and their handlers. In her three decades as an artist, Susan Bahary has sculpted some of the country’s most famous service animals: the Marine war dogs of Guam, President George H.W. Bush’s service dog Sully, and a certain Boston terrier mix who helped locate wounded and capture a German spy in World War I. “They’re like my children, so it’s hard to pick a favorite,” she says.