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The Tree of Valor hosts book signing with Gorham

BURLINGTON — Retired Brig. Gen. James R. Gorham will be at the Tree of Valor Gallery, 3173 Waltham Blvd., Burlington, for a book signing on Saturday, Feb. 17, from 2-6

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Tree of Valor honors Black servicemen during Black History Month

Lexi Eyer and her mom created Tree of Valor to honor service members

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Event shines light on veterans


HIGH POINT — Families and friends of retired and active veterans gathered Saturday at the Heroes Center in observation of Military Appreciation Day.
Brigadier Gen. James R. Gorham, a retired veteran and the first Black officer to become a general in the N.C. National Guard, shared his personal experiences and lifted up the cause of homeless veterans.
“There’s a lot of veterans out there who are suffering for various reasons,” Gorham said. “Some of us have lost hope, but I’m here to give an encouraging word to who might want to receive it today.”
Gorham shared his story of growing up as a sharecropper’s son in a family of 11 in eastern North Carolina. After joining the military, Gorham resolved to climb 13 miles to the top of Pikes Peak when he was sent to Colorado Springs, Colorado. His efforts to get higher-ranking officers to join him on that quest failed. Four entry-level soldiers — two men and two women — took the challenge and agreed to climb the mountain. They experienced lightning and blizzard conditions once they reached the clouds near the mountaintop, and relied on three other climbers they had met along the way, who supplied toboggans, gloves and other cold-weather provisions.

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