Headline Roundup • November 11th, 2021
Perspectives: Veterans Day 2021
Summary from the AllSides News Team
Happy Veterans Day from AllSides!
The holiday, which was originally known at Armistice Day, was originally established to commemorate the end of World War I. Today, communities across the U.S. use the day to recognize people who served in the armed forces.
To remember veterans, voices across the spectrum offered perspectives on the meaning and history of Veterans Day and how it can unite us. Many writers, as well as us at AllSides, invite you to honor the veterans in your community who have protected and served our nation.
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Veterans Day is intended to honor all the people who served in the American armed forces, both those who are alive and those who died, although it's largely geared toward living veterans.
Often confused with Memorial Day, the key difference between Veterans Day and the May holiday is that Memorial Day is intended to honor those who gave their lives in service of their country. Veterans Day, celebrated months later on November 11, is a day to express gratitude to America's service members, past and present, who served in both...
Militarykind, USA Today
“I’ve never seen one history book that tells how anybody feels,” Bob Dylan said in 1963.
This Veterans Day, we are not involved in a major war for the first time in two decades. We should give thanks. But we also should take care to internalize what veterans who live and work among us have gone through and continue to go through.
It’s unfortunate that we have not done what Iraq War veteran Phil Klay urged us to do seven years ago – to use our experiences of suffering to feel what service members have experienced.
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As we salute all American veterans on this special day, we must not forget that freedom is not free. Veterans Day is a day to honor and respect those who have served and protected our great nation, and those who continue to help secure our future.
As proud Americans, we need to stand united as one nation. Fact is, all of us stand on the shoulders of so many who have gone before and willingly put themselves in harm's way.
Whatever may momentarily divide us shrinks to insignificance when we consider what unites us. America is not...
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