Saluting Our Veterans by Supporting Their Families

Kate Sylvester has written an incredibly compelling piece. It begins:

In 1954, the 83rd Congress was successful in changing Armistice Day, a national holiday celebrating the heroism of our World War I veterans, to a day that honors the bravery and sacrifice of all veterans—Veterans Day. Today, we pay tribute to those who fought to preserve our freedoms, we honor the valor of our service members, and we remember those we lost. However, on Veterans Day, we should also remember that our country is still at war, and that the veterans of these wars are facing tremendous new obstacles, and therefore, so are their children.

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