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Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 209 will be cooking up barbecue in McCormick Park in downtown Missoula today, August 30, to help raise money for Montana native and Navy Seal Bo Reichenbach.

I saw this on Facebook and am not sure how old it is. This lady is the coolest person in the world. She's a professional portrait artist and paints the faces of fallen soldiers for their families. She says she isn't political -- she just loves freedom. What makes her double cool is she also runs a goat ranch in central Utah and is super fun and quirky.

The national unemployment rate spiked following the 2008 financial crash, and it has remained stubbornly high ever since. Unfortunately, it has been even worse for returning American servicemembers. Today, though, Wal-Mart announced a plan to hire 100,000 veterans over the next five years.

American Legion Post 101 has a Veterans Day salute Sunday at 1PM at the Missoula County Courthouse.

The Missoula Veterans Court is hosting its second free annual training for Veterans Court Mentors, those interested in becoming mentors, and community members interested in the program.

We all aren’t able to show our appreciation, but lucky for us, some local companies are doing it for us by offering them some free meals and discounts.

The first Big Sky Honor Flight, Veterans of WWII, recently toured Washington DC and the WWII Memorial.