National Director’s Message National Directors Report

77th

Government Relations Director

Hello everyone, You know it's spring time when everyone is planting their flowers and preparing their gardens. Spring is also the time when we observe Memorial Day. It's the last Monday in May. It honors men women who died while serving in the U.S. military. It originally was called Decoration Day. Memorial Day was declared a National Holiday through an act of Congress in 1971, and its roots date back to the civil war era, according to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. Unlike Veterans Day, Memorial Day honors all military members who have died while serving in the U.S. forces. This year's Memorial Day will be celebrated May 29th, so make sure you find a Memorial Day event to pay tribute to those service men and women that

Doug Beckley

by Doug Beckley National Director

By Milton Young

paid the ultimate price for our freedom. Update on are Capitol Hill visits to our Congressional leaders we had an opportunity to visit with all 17 of our Congressional leaders or a member of their staff to discuss our policy priorities and issues that impact veterans that live with disabilities. All the meetings were positive. I've attached copies of the April and May Washington update. Have a great spring and summer. Be safe!

Sincerely yours, Milton

Young

MS Coordinator’s

Report

With the start of Spring comes the build up towards the National Veterans Wheelchair

By Josh Maley

ed to all of the registered participants in the Disc Golf exhibition.

Thank you to all of the Volunteers, VA staff