Veterans Day 
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SOURCE: WAMU
11/9/2020
The Smithsonian Will Open A National Native American Veterans Memorial In D.C. Wednesday
The National Native American Veterans Memorial will open with virtual programming, including a tour and video tribute, on Wednesday, November 11.
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SOURCE: The Conversation
11/11/2019
Battlefields around the world are finding new purpose as parks and refuges
by Todd Lookingbill and Peter Smallwood
The horrors of war are all too familiar: lives lost, homes destroyed, entire communities forced to flee. Yet as time passes, places that once were sites of death and destruction can become peaceful natural refuges.
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SOURCE: Time
November 10, 2019
This Veterans Day, America's Military Families Have New Ways to Learn More About Their Ancestors' Service
by Olivia B. Waxman
New services are making it easier for families to learn about their ancestors’ military service.
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11/10/19
Veterans Day Reflections on Pseudo Patriotism and Half-Baked History
by Walter G. Moss
Valuing critical dissent and realizing more work needs doing are essential to true patriots. Pseudo patriots, however, wish only to emphasize a country’s heroes and heroics, and minimize or ignore its villains and villainy.
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11/10/19
The World War I Battle That Didn't End with Armistice Day: Hunger
by William Lambers
Even after the Armistice of November 11, 1918 ending World War One, American soldiers were carrying out heroic missions. Lieutenant Orville C. Bell and officers in the American Relief Administration saved civilians in Montenegro from starvation.
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11-7-17
Have You Ever Heard of the British-American War Over Oregon in 1846?
by William Lambers
Exactly, because it never happened, thanks to diplomacy. That’s worth remembering this Veteran’s Day.
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11-11-16
The Myth of the Quiet War Veteran
by Jerry Lembcke
He exists, but why is he quiet? Does it make him heroic? Make us feel better about him? And what’s the story he’s declining to tell?
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11-10-16
We Need to Redefine November 11, Veterans Day, as a Day of Peace
by Philip Gerard
It’s not asking too much to set aside one day in the year to mark our commitment to peace.
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11-6-15
What’s Missing in Veteran’s Day Salutes to Our Soldiers
by Christine Lamberson
The role historians can play in rectifying the problem.
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SOURCE: Commentary Magazine
11-11-14
The military make mistakes in Iraq and Afghanistan, but the self-criticism’s become excessive
by Max Boot
Despite the dismal state of Iraq today and to a lesser extent of Afghanistan, America’s veterans can be proud of their achievements over the past 13 years.
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11-11-13
Veterans Day, Ninety-Five Years On
by Adam Hochschild and Joe Sacco
The enduring folly of the Battle of the Somme.
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11-11-13
Veterans Day in Ireland
by Jason R. Myers
For one thing, it's not Veterans Day, it's Remembrance Day. For another, it's not an official holiday, even though some 200,000 Irishman fought in World War I.
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11-11-13
Prepare to Welcome Our Troops Home from Afghanistan
by Vaughn Davis Bornet
America's longest war will soon be over.
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11-12-12
This Veterans Day, Beware the Dangers of Robot War
by William Astore
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11-11-11
Veterans Day is a Time for Love for One's Country
by Vaughn Davis Bornet
What can be said on Veterans Day 2011 that has not been said repeatedly over our years of remembering war and that final peace?
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11-7-11
This Veterans Day, Let's Reflect on the D.C. War Memorial
by Jeffrey S. Reznick
We should celebrate the newly-restored District of Columbia War Memorial.
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11-11-10
Remembering Generosity and Commitment this Veterans Day
by William Astore
Let's remember that America's veterans have often exhibited remarkable generosity of spirit and awe-inspiring levels of commitment.
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11-7-10
Honoring Indian Veterans This Veterans Day
by Ed Hooper
More than 44,000 Indians served in World War II.
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11/11/18
HNN Hot Topics: Veterans Day
The best of web commentary.
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11-1-09
Keeping Veterans Day Alive
by Ed Hooper
Veterans Day celebrations are in retrenchment all over the country.