Reserve Veterans Day to honor veterans of U.S. Armed Forces (LTTE)

Published: December 7, 2015

After Veterans Day, I wrote a letter to the editor .. decrying .. photos of a group marching in the local parade with Confederate flags ... My letter prompted a rebuttal from a member of the United Daughters of the Confederacy challenging my assertion that this holiday should be exclusively in honor of veterans with active service in the U.S. armed forces ...

Unfortunately, her reply echoes the belief of many others that those who served in the armed forces of the Confederate States of America should be honored on Veterans Day ...

... World War II veteran Raymond Weeks .. successfully lobbied to change the World War I Armistice Day holiday to Veterans Day. That law was signed in 1954 by President Eisenhower, who .. noted it would allow a grateful nation to pay homage to veterans who .. contributed so much to its preservation ...

... it seems inconceivable that on Veterans Day 2015 parades around the country in states like Iowa and Oregon, as well as Texas and Florida, included participants flying the Stars and Bars ...

... On behalf of the millions who served before, with and after me who raised their hands and proudly swore to defend the Constitution of the United States of America, I say give us one day to graciously receive our nation’s thanks.

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