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Army spouse Monica Bassett is supporting soldiers and families who may need extra help through the recently opened Stronghold Community Food Pantry at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.  What started in Bassett’s garage is now the first and only food pantry for active-duty service members at Fort Leavenworth. It opened Nov. 22 with support from Armed Forces Bank and Armed Forces Insurance. “I am humbled by how the community has come together,” said Bassett, the food pantry’s founder. “This is truly a space to do good.”

The Anne Arundel County Board of Education approved and is raising money for the Candace C.W. Antwine Service Award that will celebrate students who enlist in the Air Force, Army, Navy, Coast Guard or another branch of the military after graduation.

contributed photo GRUNDY, Va. — The Wall That Heals, a three-quarter scale replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, will open to the public Thursday at Poplar Gap Park in Grundy. It will remain on display in Buchanan County through Sunday, May 9. Opening ceremonies for the four-day event will be held Thursday morning at 10 a.m. Admission is free throughout the event. Since its debut in 1996, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund exhibit has been on display in nearly 700 U.S. communities, according to a press release from The Wall that Heals committee. In...