05/31/2011
Military families treated to relaxing weekend in Northern Hills

Black Hills FOX – Memorial Day weekend played host to a not-so-traditional observance in the Northern Hills. Military members and families from all across the country came together this weekend to be a part of a Sioux holistic healing retreat. It’s well off the beaten path and that’s what makes it the perfect venue for […]

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05/31/2011
Military families find solace through Memorial Day retreat

KOTA Territory News – This Memorial Day weekend, military families across the nation and even Canada come together in the black hills to find the healing they so desperately need. Music from the drums help Arturo Cambron find healing.  He and his wife Rossana suffer a daily battle while their son fights a war in […]

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05/31/2011
GSFSO Member Meets with Obama on Memorial Day

SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS) -The mother of a Bay Area man who died in Iraq in 2004 was one of the “Gold Star” moms invited to the White House Monday to mark Memorial Day and pay tribute to the soldiers who have been killed in Iraq and Afghanistan. Gold Star mothers like Karen Meredith of Mountain […]

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03/20/2011
War Is Not A Hollywood Movie

March 19, 2011 – Eleven military family members and veterans were arrested for civil trespass today in front of Grauman’s Chinese Theatre where they staged a sit in on the 8th anniversary of the occupation of Iraq. They brought with them the photographs and boots of soldiers who have died in Afghanistan and Iraq.  The […]

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11/23/2010
Iraq and Afghanistan Wars Invisible to Most

Earlier this month, MFSO was part of launching a new “Cost of War” sign in Rochester, NY. This is part of a growing effort to raise awareness about the financial costs of war. But we military families never forget the human costs of war, as it is our families that bear them. For more information […]

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