Mary Jo Bellner Swartzberg The first time I heard “Taps” was in the movie (watched on TCM) From Here to Eternity, in a scene when pugilist Prewitt (played by Montgomery Clift) held his bugle to his lips and played a mournful bugle sound while crying for the loss of his friend, Angelo Maggio (played by Frank Sinatra).…
Category: November 2021
Generals, November 2021
You Can Make a Difference in a Shelter Animal’s Life
Jan Pede SaddleBrooke is definitely a community of animal lovers. You see it everywhere, from your neighbors out walking their pups daily, to the support the community gives to local shelters and rescue groups. Since 2005, a small group of animal lovers (Wags & Walkers) has been going to Pima Animal Care Center (PACC) every…
Features, November 2021
U.S. Marines—Flag and Seal, Song, and Motto
Ross Dunfee Flag and Seal: Marines used the Grand Union flag, and possibly the Gadsden flag (yellow flag with a “Don’t Tread on Me” rattlesnake), during the assault on New Providence Island, The Bahamas, on March 3, 1776. During the 1830s and 1840s, the flag consisted of a gold fringed white field centered with an eagle…