By Pat Hanlan
Veterans Day is November 11. It is the day the US “salutes” all of our veterans, regardless of when or where they served. There have been many changes since the War for Independence.
The changes include the artillery, transportation, medical treatment, and communications, just to mention a few. Many men and women are volunteering for service.
One thing that is still being done is the support from the home front. There were quite a few ladies who tried to help from behind the scenes for the War for Independence. Martha Washington was very well known for what she did to help George Washington’s troops.
During the other wars there were a lot of women who tried to help in the medical area and maybe as spies.
During the Lewis and Clark Expedition, Sacagawea, a Shoshone woman married to a member of the expedition hired at Fort Mandan, helped translate for the expedition.
In the west during the time of forts and soldiers being sent after the Indians, many wives lived in the forts too. They helped with family issues and sometimes helped with laundry and such as well and keeping company with each other.
After the Battle of The Little Bighorn when Custer lost all his soldiers, his wife tried really hard to get the government to provide some funds for the families who were left without any way to support themselves.
In later years, many women joined the service and served in many ways.
On the home front the ladies did a lot of things to help keep the soldiers thinking positive. They wrote letters, sent books and things that were asked for. Some sent family pictures.
The later communications have changed so much that there can be a lot more often information.
Over the years women have been very supportive of the military. Also there have been a lot of prayers said for the military people.
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