A Veterans Day with fewer vets

Our country has often been taken by surprise and unprepared to find itself at war. But we have always risen to the occasion, and in eye-opening ways.

On Veterans Day, we must thank our veterans — and we must nurture the generations that will take their place. One day, they too will stand tall when the band strikes up the service songs.

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