Category: Memorial Day

WATCH: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and First Lady Casey DeSantis Honor Veterans on Memorial Day

Governor Ron DeSantis and First Lady Casey DeSantis hosted over 400 veterans and their families at the Governor’s Mansion to honor the Memorial Day holiday. […]

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Memorial Day Video Special: Ronald Reagan – ‘Our Forbearance Should Never Be Misunderstood’

As for the enemies of freedom, those who are potential adversaries, they will be reminded that peace is the highest aspiration of the American people. We will negotiate for it, sacrifice for it; we will not surrender for it – now or ever. Our forbearance should never be misunderstood. […]

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WATCH MEMORIAL DAY SPOTLIGHT: Former Iranian Hostage Rocky Sickmann Tells All in Interview With Steve Wilson

In 1979, just 15 days into his tour of duty with the U.S. Marine Corps at the American Embassy in Tehran, Iran, Rodney “Rocky” Sickmann became a player in one of the most terrifying events in U.S. history. On November 4, 1979, after months of turmoil marked by the return of the exiled Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the American Embassy in Tehran was overrun by militants and its employees taken captive. Sergeant Rocky Sickmann, then just 21, was one of 65 Americans taken hostage. Sickmann remained a hostage for 444 days before being released on Jan. 21, 1981. […]

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