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May 12, 2021 Vol. 16 No. 36
Live Music Returns JTMF Spring 2019. Phto by Vivian Lee
Joshua Tree Music Festival Stag gers Concerts By Jackie Devereaux Joshua Tree, CA – The Joshua Tree Music Festival returns to the high desert
this month, but it will be very different from any other festivals for a number of reasons. First, the shows will
By Desert Star Staff American women have been making military history for centuries. Their service to the United States stretches back to the country’s very beginning when many cared for wounded Revolutionary War soldiers. Since then, women have blazed countless trails within the Military – from the first to enlist during World War I to those filling combat roles today. Here are 10 facts about the many contributions women have made to the U.S. military. 1. Although not officially enlisted at first, women have served in the U.S. Army since 1775. In the 18th
century, women tended to the wounded, washed and mended clothing, and cooked for male troops. 2. After the Civil War, Dr. Mary E. Walker was awarded the Medal of Honor for her work as a contract surgeon in the Union Army. 3. In 1908, President Theodore Roosevelt established the Navy Nurse Corps. The first 20 women of the Corps were known as “The Sacred Twenty.” 4. Women were officially allowed to join the U.S. military during the last two years of World War I, and 33,000 of them signed up to
be staggered every weekend with social distancing blocked areas marked for fans to sit in. Second, only a limited
number of tickets will be sold for each concert to conform with the state’s limits for outdoor music venues. The first in a series of outdoor concerts starts on Friday, May 21 and Saturday,
May 22 with the band Diggin Dirt. On May 28-29 the band Con Brio will perform and to finish off the month on May 30 Las Cafeteras will perform.
10 Facts About Women in the Military
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