Tag Archives: Veterans Day

David McReynolds : We Are All Wounded Veterans

Posted on November 12, 2013 by Thorne Dreyer

March to alternative Armistice ceremony in Regents Park in London, November 11, 1938. Until the guns fall silent: We are all wounded veterans In the bad wars — which are the only wars we have fought for some time now … Continue reading →

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Alice Embree / Terry DuBose : Defend the Soldiers’ Right to Heal

Posted on November 15, 2012 by Thorne Dreyer

Under the Hood contingent at Veterans Day Parade, Killeen, Texas, Saturday, November 10, 2012. Photo by Susan Van Haitsma / The Rag Blog. Defend the right to heal: Veterans’ Day parade in Killeen As the deployments wind down from this … Continue reading →

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Clare Bayard : Veterans and the Healing Process

Posted on November 23, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

AWOL soldier Jeff Hanks speaks about the effects of PTSD on his family, Nov. 11, near Ft. Campbell in Oak Grove, Ky. Photo by Robert Smith / AP.Healing from empire:Anti-war veterans redefine Veterans Day By Clare Bayard / The Rag … Continue reading →

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Lamar W. Hankins : After Veterans Day, Business As Usual

Posted on November 17, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Photo by John Gomez / AP.Now, back to Fox News…Veterans’ Day is over Man is the only animal that deals in that atrocity of atrocities, War. He is the only one that gathers his brethren about him and goes forth … Continue reading →

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Mariann G. Wizard : Ft. Holabird Haiku

Posted on November 11, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

Still life of toy soldiers. Photo by Margaret Bourke-White, Jan 01, 1937 / Time and Life Pictures / Getty Images Ft. Holabird Haiku See the soldiers, row on row,green leaves on trees —beware defoliant! Vietnam had soldiers too,green boys in … Continue reading →

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Hey Obama : Ride ’em Cowboy!

Posted on November 11, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

C’mon Obama,Let’s have a real buildup in Afghanistan! Barack Obama told the nation/‘Have no fear of escalation/I am trying everyone to please…’(With apologies to Tom Paxton) By Richard Lee / The Rag Blog / November 11, 2009 To Barack Obama: … Continue reading →

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