veterans

Every year, usually around the second Saturday in December, Wreaths Across America asks for your help to lay wreaths. Now, they need your help again.

Every year, Wreaths Across America goes to national military cemeteries and lays wreaths at each of the gravesites of those veterans who have passed. This year, they need your help.

It can be very expensive to attend college and now New York state is making it more affordable for veterans by waiving the application fees.

Tomorrow is Veterans Day. In celebration of all of those who put their lives on the line to fight for and protect our freedoms, many places in the Capital Region are offering freebies and deals for veterans.

Some of your favorite celebrities are auctioning off experiences, movie props, and autographed merchandise to help build homes for veterans and you don't have a lot of time to put your bids in!

They fought (or are currently fighting) for our country and can't afford school. That's not fair, so one local school is looking to help as many service men and women as they can get an education.

I have such a love for not only our veterans but also for the elderly. I saw a post trending through Facebook of this elderly army veteran who was not taken care of, left alone, and my heart broke.

Memorial Day is the day where we remember those who have lost their lives fighting for this country, our freedoms, and the ability to enjoy a weekend. I knew that the one place I wanted to spend that was at the Saratoga National Cemetery.

I'd heard about the Patriot Flight for a few years and finally, a year or so ago I experienced it first-hand.

Studies say that 22 veterans commit suicide every day. It's such a troubling number for these people that put their lives on the line to protect us. Tom Zurhellen believed more people needed to know that number so he's doing something about it.

If you're a veteran or know of one entering back into civilian life, share this event coming to the Capital Region later this month.

You can nominate a military member to get VIP seats to the Albany Patroon home games and playoff games. Here's how.