Loyalty to Country, Thank You To Vets
On May 1, 1921, in response to the May Day celebrations of Communists, members of the Veterans of Foreign Wars held a rally at Union Station in New York to promote American patriotism in the face of threats to our national identity and founding principles. By 1949, this "Americanization Day" was known as Loyalty Day. Full Story
Sifting Through the Sands of Time from the Courier Archives
2 110 Years Ago April 21, 1899 Sailors in an Ambush: Lieutenant Gilmore and a Party from the Yorktown Captured by Fillipinos MANILA (By Cable) - Lieutenant J.G. Gilmore and other officers and landsmen of the gunboat Yorktown, which had been sent to Baler, on the east coast of the island of Luzon, to relieve a Spanish garrison, are reported missing. Full Story
Life Sketches in Putnam History
Sybil Ludington
Why do we mark April 26th as a day to remember? Residents of Putnam County have been riding along Sybil Ludington's route for years. We often travel through a town that wears her name, and we hardly even notice. Ludington was a heroine of the American Revolution, sprung from the same soil Putnamites plant, build on, and pave over today. Full Story
Tea Parties Demonstrate Disgust with Orgies of Taxing and Spending
The attention being given the national tea party movement is nothing short of remarkable. Organized by few people using new social media tools like Twitter and Facebook, it has blossomed into a genuine social movement composed of Republicans, Libertarians, Independents, and even a few Democrats, Full Story
Tea Partying Taxpayers in Fishkill Are Steeping Mad
The hundreds of tea parties thrown on April 15 were part of one of the most extraordinary grass-roots uprisings in our history. And they spell a golden opportunity for freedom-loving politicians. Less than three months after a landmark election, throngs of demonstrators everywhere gathered to object to the revolution that our new president is steamrolling into law. Full Story
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