In the early 1770s, American colonists became convinced that the English Parliament intended to take away their freedoms. In fact, the Americans saw a pattern of increasing oppression and corruption all around the world. Indeed, the British were determined to bring their unruly American subjects to heel and b...

I can still sing the battle songs of every branch of America’s armed forces. I am also usually the only person in our crowd who, when we gather around the Christmas tree, knows the words to the second verse of just about every Christmas carol. I went to public school, had no religious education, but I’m prett...

I learned two surprising things in putting together this special July 4th issue of Senior News on the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. The first concerned Betsy Ross, who — as everybody knows — sewed the first American flag. Or did she?

My father was only high school-educated, but he was an ardent student of the history of our nation who felt privileged to live in an historic city, central to the forming of our country — Philadelphia. When I was a young girl, in the 1940s and early ’50s, Dad would take me on Sundays by bus (we never owned a ...

We asked Senior News readers and others for their quick thoughts on this 4th of July. Here are some of the responses.

Meals on Wheels Redwood Coast at Humboldt Senior Resource Center thanks Les Schwab Tire Center in Eureka for its recent tire donation through the Schwab Tires for Purpose program.

For many older adults living in Humboldt County’s outlying communities, accessing nutritious meals and taking part in social opportunities can be challenging. Limited transportation options, long travel distances and a lack of nearby services can leave rural seniors at greater risk of food insecurity, social ...

Speakers and audience alike were enthusiastic, engaged and — at the end of the day-long Supporting Healthy Aging Conference in Eureka in May — hopeful about prospects for growing older for themselves and others in Humboldt County. The annual conference, sponsored by the Humboldt Senior Resource Center (HSRC),...