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SALAMANCA, N.Y. — A nationwide and international audience will once again convene in Salamanca for a grand and enthusiastic celebration of Native Amer...

U.S. Navy Lt. Emily S. Cona, a Smethport native, received the Air Medal, First Strike/Flight Award, on July 3 for her commendable actions while servin...

KANE — On this past Memorial Day at the VFW Post #1132 in Kane, Lance Corporal Francis Earl Klaiber was remembered and memorialized with his Gold Star...

SMETHPORT –– Pastor Frank Eppley, a decorated Vietnam veteran, posed a question during Monday’s Memorial Day services on the courthouse steps in Smeth...

CROSBY — “They still speak to us," said Navy veteran “Chuck” Lathrop as he spoke about the country’s fallen heroes in remarks prepared for the Memoria...

SMETHPORT — Tom Van Giesen of Kane, a Navy and Pennsylvania National Guard veteran, will be the guest speaker at the McKean-Cameron American Legion Me...

EMPORIUM — Again this year, the Cameron County Memorial Detail will lead a parade on May 28 in recognition of Memorial Day. Organizers have put out no...

ELDRED — The Eldred World War II Museum's first "Ship Week," May 15 to 25, offers the public an opportunity to learn more and have a greater understan...

WAR NEWS: An April 17, 1943, story in The Era told of six U.S. seamen rescued after 46 days in an open boat. The story said it was the missing lifeboa...

President Ulysses S. Grant is coming to the Bradford Area Public Library from 3 to 4:30 p.m. Feb. 10. Kenneth J. Serfass, gunnery sergeant USMC, retir...

Bradford native and Bradford Area High School graduate David Poyer has published another novel –– this time about World War in the Pacific. In the “Hu...

SMETHPORT — State Rep. Martin Causer, who spoke Saturday night at the Veterans Day program at the Bucktail Post #138, Smethport American Legion, told ...

“At the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month” of 1918, World War I came to an end. Armistice Day, which later became Veterans Day, was establis...

They come from all backgrounds, cultures and hometowns, each seeking something a little different. Their paths are perhaps guided by a sense of purpos...

In conjunction with Saturday’s Willow Creek Triathlon, Gold star families were able to honor their loved ones who lost their lives while doing their m...

HEROES: As Memorial Day was approaching, Beth Ann Rhoades shared information with us about her father, William Joseph Price. While he wasn’t killed in...

SMETHPORT — Zach Pearson, McKean County director of Veteran Affairs, spoke about two misconceptions the public has about veterans during his address M...

World War II was an incredible series of crossroads in which U.S. military personnel were brought together in almost infinite circumstances around the...

Bradford will commemorate those to whom the United States is forever indebted for making the ultimate sacrifice with a parade and ceremony this Memori...

OLEAN, N.Y. — Bradford, Pa., resident and retired U.S. Coast Guard Capt. Richard J. Marcott will read from his newly published memoir, “A View from th...