Huntington, IN – On Saturday, April 14, The Salvation Army and officials from the Indiana World War I Centennial Commission will join members of the Huntington community for a celebration of one of their most famous residents. Helen Purviance, a Huntington native, was one of the first Salvationists sent to […]
One hundred years ago today, on April 12, 1917, a group of eleven Salvation Army officers stepped onto a ship to sail toward war-torn France and the trenches of World War I. This dangerous journey across the Atlantic Ocean would be retraced by millions of American soldiers in the wake […]
School may be out for the summer, but we’ve got one more history lesson for you (but no pop quiz – we promise)! Americans have embraced many “new” foods and made them their own, popular staples like pizza, hot dogs, ice cream and tacos. Nothing quite compares to where we’ve […]
It’s June, which means plenty of fun holidays like Go Skate Day on the 21st and Hug Holiday Day on the 29th. But before you grab that skateboard or find a person in need of an embrace, you get to celebrate a delicious day that comes with a heartwarming history […]
