Dates To Note

2026

Mark Your Calendars with These Important Dates for Soldiers’ Angels!
Can you spare some time to volunteer? ‌ ‌ Ongoing Volunteer Opportunities:

• VA Lake Baldwin / Lake Nona Comfort Cart – 2nd Tuesday of the month
• VA Lake Nona Coffee & Donuts – 3rd Wednesday of the month
• VA Lake Baldwin/Nona Domiciliary Luncheon – 3rd Wednesday of the month
• Military and Veteran Food Distribution – 3rd Friday of the month

July

• 16th – U.S. Public Health Service (USPHS) July 16,,1798 was the
  birth of the Marine Hospital Fund,
  which became the Marine Hospital
  Service, and later the USPHS
• 21st – Veterans Advisory Council Seminole County Meeting, 1 pm, more information.
• 27th – National Korean War Veterans Armistice Day
• 29th – Anniversary of the Army Chaplain Corps
• 30th – Military Community Hiring Event – Flyer

• 2nd – Iraq invades Kuwait, 1990;
  Operation Desert Shield begins
• 4th – Buffalo Soldiers Day
• 4th – US Coast Guard 236th Birthday (1790) celebration of U.S.
  Coast Guard Flag raising.
• 7th – Purple Heart Day. Honors the men and women who have been
  wounded or killed in military service
• 14th – Orlando Mayor’s Veterans Advisory Council Meeting – 1 – 3 pm
• 14th – Navajo Code Talkers Day
• 15th -Japan surrenders
• 15th – Korea’s Liberation Day Celebration- Flyer
• 19th – National Aviation Day
• 21st – Orlando Veterans Creative Arts Competition – Flyer
• 29th – Marine Forces Reserve Birthday

September

October