Lunch & Learn

On Friday, May 22, 2026, the Mellon Heritage Veterans Outreach and Wellness Campus “Lunch & Learn” presentation will be presented by Dr. James (Jim) Breckenridge focusing on “A Family’s Memory of War and Service” about his family’s service from the 1930s to the present.

The presentation will be held at the Ridge Building, 2142 Freeport Road, North East, PA 16428 aboard the Mellon Heritage Veterans Outreach and Wellness Campus. All Active Military, Veterans, First Responders and their guests are invited to a light lunch at 12:00 PM. The presentation will begin approx. 12:30 PM.

Following twenty-two years of service as a commissioned officer in the United States Army, Jim Breckenridge spent fifteen years developing innovative methods of teaching the next generation of intelligence analysts and was appointed the first chair of Department of Intelligence Studies at Mercyhurst University. During his military career, his leadership responsibilities ranged from commanding the U.S. Army’s first unit to engage in combat since the Vietnam War (in Beirut, Lebanon 1983) and serving as a Professor of Military Science at West Point. From 2017 until 2023 he served as the Provost at the Army War College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. He is the recipient of the highest medal awarded to a civilian by the Department of Defense. Jim and his wife Missy live in Fairview and they have three daughters.

If you would like to sponsor a lunch, volunteer, or make a donation, please email us at info@mellonheritagefoundationinc.org.