Although Veterans Day is a national holiday, often filled with parades and celebrations, it brings with it ambiguity. Howard Zinn, a World War II veteran, once wrote, “I do not want the ...

Last year for Veterans Day on November 11, we ran as Poems of the Day here in The New York Sun, a week of war poetry, five poems chosen and introduced by the writer (and veteran) Phil Klay. Veterans ...

Dear Cortland: Thank you for granting me permission to use excerpts from your poem. Today is Veterans Day, and I am sure it will strike a responsive chord with all who read it.

North's Carolina new poet laureate has written a poem to honor Veterans Day. Posted 2012-11-09T15:58:58+00:00 - Updated 2012-11-09T16:22:06+00:00 Meet NC's new poet laureate ...

A poem for Veterans Day Opinion. Nov 10, 2017. ... Post 4963 for almost six years and got my inspiration for this poem from visiting the residents of the Hollidaysburg Veterans Home. ...

DEAR READERS: In honor of Veterans Day, here is one of our favorite pieces, written by John Alton Robinson of Monroe, La. “Freedom” From the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier To the silver-haired ...

With Veterans Day coming up Thursday, it seems like a good time to pass along a clipping of a poem that goes back to World War I. It comes from Dorothy Teigen of Moorhead. The clipping is from an ...

Memorial Day, a national holiday to honor the 1.17 million men and women who have died to create and maintain the freedoms outlined in our Constitution, is not the only Memorial Day.

To the editor: It’s coming around again, that time of the year. A time to salute those that have passed, and those still here. The ones that wore the uniform, putting their lives on the line, Loved ...

This poem, written by 11-year-old Olivia Sheill, a fifth grader, was read aloud at the Veterans Day flag ceremony at Breckenridge Elementary on Nov. 10 around 8:50 a.m.: Nov. 11.A day to remember ...