by Travis Partington | Aug 7, 2024 | Blog
Kelly Young, the Director of Veterans Services for the City of Brockton asked me to speak at the Purple Heart Luncheon on August 7th, 2024. This year the following Veterans and their families were honored. P02 Lawrence R. Cosgrove – U.S. Navy – MIA WWII...
by Travis Partington | Aug 6, 2023 | Blog
David, a.k.a. “Big Dog” from the Veterans Brotherhood VMC asked me to come down to Christ Church in Swansea, MA for the Church’s monthly Veterans’ Breakfast on Saturday, August 5th, 2023. Christ Church in Swansea, MA puts on a monthly breakfast...
by Travis Partington | Mar 10, 2023 | Podcast
Gail McAuliffe is a U.S. Army Veteran. She is the lead for rolling out the Behavioral Health Help Line for Massachusetts. After leaving the military she worked for different organizations before working for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Department of Veterans...
by Travis Partington | Oct 7, 2022 | Podcast
The Veterans Kitchen hosted World War II Veterans on September 8th, 2022. This was done with help from the Veterans Brotherhood VM/C, The Fall River War Veterans Council, Andy Biggio, author of “The Rifle”, and City Councilors Linda Pereira, and Laura Washington. I...
by Travis Partington | Sep 29, 2022 | Podcast
Abington Massachusetts Veterans Service Officer Adam Gunn reached out to me about interviewing two brothers who served during World War Two. Pat, “Skinny”, who is 101 years old and his brother Walter who is 99 years old grew up and served out of Abington,...
by Travis Partington | Dec 8, 2021 | Blog
I was at the Abington, MA VFW Post on December 5th, when I saw this notice on the bulletin board about Save the Sketches, a Community Heritage Project being organized by the Dyer Memorial Library (http://dyerlibrary.org/). The project was to give voice to Civil War...
by Travis Partington | Jul 17, 2020 | Podcast
On May 31st, the Shaw Memorial was defaced. This monument was created to honor the memory and service of the Massachusetts 54th Regiment. The Massachusetts 54th Regiment was an all black infantry unit that served honorably during the Civil War. I talked to Shawn...
by Travis Partington | Aug 30, 2019 | Podcast
I got an email from listener about The Moving Wall. This monument is half the size of the original Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall in Washington D.C. There was an oppurtunity to talk with Veterans in Attleboro, MA about how this exhibit is coming to Attleboro, MA. The...
by Travis Partington | Jul 12, 2019 | Podcast
At Massachusetts Veterans’ Memorial Cemetery – Agawam, MA. I have lived in Massachusetts for a while. Well, a long while at this point. I am still surprised when fellow Veterans tell me they don’t know their Veterans Service Officer. Massachusetts...
by Travis Partington | Feb 8, 2019 | Podcast
LiveCast at Project New Hope Bill reached out to me on Facebook Messenger about coming on Oscar Mike Radio. He asked me if I would come out and talk to him at his headquarters in Worcester, MA. I headed up on cold morning in February and found the office pretty...
by Travis Partington | Nov 30, 2018 | Podcast
Episode 123 – Veteran Owned Veteran Operated with Jonathan Gosselin I love getting to talk with Veterans who have gotten out and started a business or non – profit. In many cases, the work required to remake oneself is daunting and it is hard on a good...
by Travis Partington | Jul 27, 2018 | Podcast
Episode 104 – The Wall that Heals “Travis, get with Dennis Donahue, he escorted the Vietnam Wall that Heals to Weymouth.” Sometimes it goes just like that with my producer Keith Hayes aka Sinista1;) I knew the mobile Vietnam Veterans Wall was coming...
