Stand Down for Women Vets 2014

NATIONAL WOMEN VETERANS UNITED PRE-VETERAN’S DAY STAND DOWN 2014 FOR WOMEN VETERANS Saturday, October 25, 2014 9:00 am —3:00 pm Jesse Brown VA 820 S. Damen Ave. 2nd Floor Chicago, IL ◾Continental Breakfast & Lunch ◾New & Gently Used Clothing & More... ◾Resources & Health Vendors ◾Free Raffles: Winner Must Be Present to Win! ◾Special Drawing: (1) Kindle Tablet Fire (1) Flat Screen TV RSVP Required (312) 458—9130 Download Flyer Read more [...]

NWVU and ABC 7 Salutes Ethel Crowder

NWVU and ABC 7 Eyewitness News Salutes Ethel Crowder - a Chicagoan and World War II veteran. From 1944-1946, Crowder was in the first Negro Women's Army Corps unit that served overseas during the war. Crowder, along with about a thousand other women, were sent to England and France. Crowder and her comrades were responsible for sorting all the mail and packages and making sure they reached the front lines of war. Read more [...]