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...hometown’s Veterans?? Day parade is a poignant affair, like a Norman Rockwell painting without quite enough people to fill the frame. It is sparsely attended—my coastal town’s population shrinks drastically in the off-season—and as the high school band director eschews John Philip Sousa unfestive music in minor keys ricochets between the shuttered storefronts. There seem to be fewer veterans every year. Their absence is poorly disguised by the addition of more boy scouts. Bystanders shift from foot to foot, filling the gaps between cub scout...
...patriotism? What about the rubble at Ground Zero, or the smoky wall of the Pentagon? These are horrible images, and the only thing they make me think of is how vulnerable and frail we all are. We can commemorate patriotic martyrs on D-Day, Pearl Harbor Day, Memorial Day, Veterans?? Day, and countless other times during the year, but the anniversary of Sept. 11 should be set aside as a day of complete tragedy, a day of sadness, a day when our thoughts go to things more sacred than love of country...
...There is a special nobility, a special grace, to those who are prepared to sacrifice their lives for our country,” Summers said. He echoed these sentiments in a Veterans?? Day letter to Harvard cadets and midshipmen...
That year the government announced an extension bill to provide more Korean veterans??not just those who had suffered wounds in combat—with a free education. And having just recently recovered from one global war, Harvard once again prepared to confront darkening world events...
...hablo español.” But they don’t either. An eclectic mix of pseudo-Mexican tapestries and veterans?? paraphernalia that only a crawler could appreciate. Throw a $2.50 bottle of Bud back to make your sixth...