June 14th has always been a significant date in America history. In 1775, the Continental Congress formally adopted a resolution that formed the Continental Army, and the United States Army has celebrated its birthday on that date ever since. Two years later in 1777, the Second Continental Congress adopted the American Flag as a symbol of the new nation.
Nearly a century ago, while much of the world was at war and the United States was weighing its options, President Woodrow Wilson issued a proclamation that officially established June 14 as Flag Day. Half a century later, the United States Congress finally decided they could support the idea and in August 1949, they established National Flag Day.
And that is why I have decided that today, June 14, 2014 is the perfect day for me to remind you about Homes for Our Troops, a wonderful organization that provides “specially adapted homes for our nation’s most severely wounded veterans of post 9/11.” We’ve talked about this wonderful organization before and I know that many of you have purchased the anthology, Murder to MIL-SPEC, which was published by Wolfmont Press (operated by the wonderful Tony Burton) because all the proceeds go directly to Homes For Our Troops. You can buy the paperback version here, or the Kindle version here.
Well now I have another scheme to raise money for Homes for our Troops. Today, June 14 on Facebook, I have put up a post saying that I will donate one dollar to Homes for Our Troops for every “like” the post gets, up to the magic number of one hundred. That is $100 I am willing to donate. Let’s not leave any of it on the table. Please don’t deprive these deserving Veterans. You can find me on Facebook here. And if we aren’t Facebook friends—friend me. I’ll accept the friend request and you can “like” my Homes for Our Troops post. If you are not on Facebook, just write “like” in the comments below and I will count it as a Facebook like.
Come on–let’s help build a house for a deserving veteran. And if you would like to help by donating, money or materials, actually participating in construction of a house or by any other means, please click through to the “support our mission page.” Lots of ideas there as to how you can help.
Terrie
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