Commissary General News Today

Although the cemetery has another stone with the kiss symbol it was not considered appropriate

FORT LEE, Va. — On Oct. 1, 1991, the Defense Commissary Agency (DeCA) officially took over the responsibility of providing the commissary benefit to U.S. military members and their families. As the agency enters its 30th year, DeCA Director and CEO Bill Moore applauded the agency’s legacy of service

  During the Civil War, over 400,000 Union and Confederate soldiers were held prisoner at more than 150 different prison sites. Approximately 56,000 of these died in captivity. Although Andersonville is the most famous Civil War prison, it is only one of many Civil War military prisons that are preserved by the National Park Service. Today Andersonville National Historic Site tells the story of all American prisoners of war. Elmira Prison (New York) Battlefields.org tells the horrific details ...

3:21 Rhinelander was founded as a lumbering town.  Work in the logging camps was dangerous and injuries were frequent.  During the earliest years of Rhinelander’s existence, the closest hospital was in Chippewa Falls.  Itinerate doctors would visit the lumber camps, but they lacked the support needed to do anything more than provide superficial treatment of wounds. In 1891, a house on the corner of King and Pelham streets was converted into the Rhinelander Hospital.  The Catholic Church w...