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Honoring a Hero on Veterans Day

Vietnam Memorial Soldiers by Frederick Hart. Photo Courtesy Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. I told you yesterday about our friend David Tucker, who just entered hospice. We learned about that new phase of his…

From Armistice Day to Veterans Day

Though the Treaty of Versailles, which officially ended World War I, was not signed until June 28, 1919, the Allied nations and Germany agreed to an armistice the previous November 11. Therefore, the “war to end all wars” is generally…

Thank You, Veterans

Today we honor all veterans on the 104th anniversary of Armistice Day, which later came to be called Veterans Day. I want to show special honor to Ray’s parents and to mine. Both of our fathers served in the U.S.…