‘For I am a giant, too’: 2nd-annual women veterans event celebrates service members

By DEIRDRE CURRIN
deirdre@theitem.com
Posted 6/14/25

"A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself," Orangeburg Veterans Service Officer Kenisha Grimes quoted on Thursday, June 12, to a room full of attentive woman veterans.

It was an apt quote and one that …

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