Flossmoor Veterans’ Memorial Inc. (FVM) is seeking 100 donations of $19.48 to
celebrate Women Veterans Recognition Day, celebrated yearly on June 12.
This day recognizes the signing of the Women’s Armed Services Integration Act on June 12, 1948. The Act authorized women to serve in the United States military on a full-time basis both in peacetime and during conflict, regardless of military occupational specialty.
Coupled with President Truman’s Executive Order in 1948 to desegregate the…
