Edition 103 | February 2025

Celebrating Black History Month:

A Time of Reflection and Inspiration

(Image: ASALH website)

The Association for the Study of African American Life and History's 2025 Black History Month theme, African Americans and Labor, strives to highlight and celebrate the potent impact of the transformational work of black people. To read more about the origins and founders of Black History Month, click here.

RSVP: info@awfdn.org

To view photos and read bios on our 2025 inductees, click here.

The United States Army Nurse Corps (USANC) is a group of registered nurses and advanced practice registered nurses who provide healthcare to the U.S. Army. The USANC is the oldest military nursing corps in the United States.

For more information about the history of USANC click here.

The U.S. Army Women's Museum

(Photo: U.S. Army Women's Foundation)

here are proud to support our partners at the U.S. Army Women’s Museum; the Museum is an extraordinary repository for Army history, and well worth a visit.

Please show your support by visiting the Museum at 2100 Adams Avenue on Fort Gregg-Adams! The gallery hours are Tuesday - Friday, 9:00-4:30.

Reminder: you must have a military ID to get on post. Non-DoD ID card holders can request installation access by pre-registering here.

Presidents' Day 2025

President's Day, also known as Washington's Birthday, is on the third Monday of February each year and is a federal holiday in the United States. The day not only honors George Washington (born February 22), the first President of the United States, and Abraham Lincoln (born February 12) whose birthdays are both in February, but honors all the presidents who have served in the United States.

This year, Presidents' Day will be celebrated/observed on Monday, February 17th.

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