Mountain Home to honor Memorial Day at Veterans Plaza on Monday

The North Central Arkansas Veterans Council will be sponsoring Mountain Home's Annual Memorial Day Commemoration at Veterans Plaza in downtown Mountain Home on Monday. The host organization for the event is the Disabled American Veterans, Chapter 30 of Mountain Home. Commander Dan Hall will be the Master of Ceremonies for the annual event and Colonel Nate…

ByMHO Newsroom StaffMay 23, 20240Comments

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DAV Chapter 30 to host annual Memorial Day event in downtown Mountain Home

The North Central Arkansas Veterans Council will be sponsoring Mountain Home's Annual Memorial Day Commemoration at Veterans Plaza in downtown Mountain Home on Monday. The host organization for the event is the Disabled American Veterans, Chapter 30 of Mountain Home. Commander Dan Hall will be the Master of Ceremonies for the annual event and Colonel Nate…

ByChris FultonMay 21, 20240Comments

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Colonel Nathaniel Todd to be keynote speaker for Memorial Day at Veterans Plaza

The North Central Arkansas Veterans Council is sponsoring the May 27, 2024, Annual Memorial Day Commemoration at Veterans Plaza 2000 in Mountain Home at 11 a.m. The host organization for the event is the Disabled American Veterans, Chapter 30 of Mountain Home. Commander Dan Hall will be the Master of Ceremonies. The keynote speaker…

ByMHO Newsroom StaffMay 8, 20240Comments

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Night Stalkers don’t quit: Veterans and families honored in Mountain Home

Mountain Home veterans were honored this past Saturday at Veterans Plaza 2000 as members of the community came together for formal ceremonies with guest speaker Chief Warrant Officer 4 (CWO4) (Retired) Jason Nazarenko. Nazarenko retired in October 2019 after 23 years of service in the U.S. Army. The last 10 years of his career were…

ByAlison FultonNovember 13, 20230Comments

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Boozman, Cortez Masto team up to improve home accessibility for disabled veterans

U.S. Senator John Boozman (R-AR), a senior member of the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee, joined Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) to help disabled veterans and their families make accessibility and safety improvements to their homes with the introduction of the Autonomy for Disabled Veterans Act. The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Home Improvements and Structural Alterations program…

ByMHO Newsroom StaffNovember 13, 20230Comments

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Call to Action: Help veterans learn of new benefit eligibility

One year ago, Congress passed, and the president signed into law, landmark legislation to deliver care to veterans and survivors living with toxic wounds of war. The Sergeant First Class Heath Robinson Honoring Our PACT Act fulfills the promise made to the men and women who served in our nation’s uniform by expanding eligibility for Department of Veterans…

ByMHO Newsroom StaffJuly 31, 20230Comments

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Happy birthday to ‘Jungle Bob’, Mountain Home veteran turns 83

The amazing company we keep From time to time we learn of people among us here in Mountain Home who have done amazing things in their life. Things we never learn about unless a special circumstance brings them out – and then we realize how very true is the well-known saying “we know not the…

ByMHO Newsroom StaffJune 8, 20230Comments

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Mountain Home veterans and residents honor those who gave ultimate sacrifice during Memorial Day ceremony

Mountain Home continued its long tradition of remembering those who gave the ultimate sacrifice for their country on Memorial Day at Veterans Plaza in downtown Mountain Home. This year’s Memorial Day event was slightly smaller than last year’s event, but that didn’t stop veterans and community members from Baxter County from coming out and showing…

ByChris FultonMay 30, 20230Comments

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Boozman shares service memories of Lavaca veteran

U.S. Senator John Boozman (R-AR) recognized the service and sacrifice of Patrick Grout in ‘Salute to Veterans,’ a series recognizing the military service of Arkansans. Grout knew early on he wanted to enlist in the military, so in 1972, on his 19th birthday, he enlisted with clear objectives: to serve in the Navy and to go to…

ByMHO Newsroom StaffMay 4, 20230Comments

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Mountain Home Quilts of Valor presents quilts at Veterans Fair

Mountain Home’s Quilts of Valor honored several local veterans with a handmade quilt during last weekend’s annual Baxter County Veterans Fair. The quilts, which are handmade by local volunteers, are designed to cover service members and veterans touched by war in the hopes of providing healing and comfort. Those veterans include: Bob Jones -…

ByChris FultonMay 3, 20230Comments