{"id":301,"date":"2010-11-11T11:08:00","date_gmt":"2010-11-11T11:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/beliefbeat\/2010\/11\/happy-veterans-day-2010.html"},"modified":"2010-11-11T11:08:00","modified_gmt":"2010-11-11T11:08:00","slug":"happy-veterans-day-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/beliefbeat\/2010\/11\/happy-veterans-day-2010.html","title":{"rendered":"Faithfully Appreciating Our Veterans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\">Today (and every day, really) is Veterans Day, and I&#8217;d like to <a href=\"www.lohud.com\/vietnam\">thank my father <\/a>and others for their service and sacrifice.<\/p>\n<p>\n<span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"mt-image-right\" alt=\"poppy_lapel_pin.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/70\/import\/poppy_lapel_pin.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"309\" \/><\/span>Incidentally, now that I live near Canada (and get to watch CBC&#8217;s figure skating coverage), I&#8217;ve seen how they wear red poppies on what they call <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Remembrance_Day\">Remembrance Day <\/a>in honor of their veterans, as do the British, who call it Armistice Day. That&#8217;s a lovely gesture, isn&#8217;t it? I wish <a href=\"http:\/\/scottwykoff.wbal.com\/2009\/11\/poppy-pins.html\">it would really catch on here<\/a>, too &#8212; though I guess American lapels would get crowded, with the U.S.&nbsp;flag pin already so ubiquitous&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Here are some faith-related links on Veterans Day:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.episcopalcafe.com\/daily\/war_and_peace\/veterans_day_dads_silence.php\/\">Veterans&#8217; Day: Dad&#8217;s silence<\/a> (Episcopal Cafe)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.catholicnewsagency.com\/news\/us-army-chaplain-says-deployed-troops-take-comfort-from-prayer\/?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed:+catholicnewsagency\/dailynews+(CNA+Daily+News)\">U.S. Army chaplain says deployed troops take comfort from prayer <\/a>(Catholic News Agency)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/chaplain-mark-r-johnston\/military-suicides-a-trage_b_781895.html\">Military suicides: An epidemic we must stop <\/a>(Chaplain Mark R. Johnston for The Huffington Post)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pewforum.org\/Religion-News\/RNS-Coalition-seeks-moral-objection-to-war.aspx\">Coalition seeks moral objection to war <\/a>(RNS)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/s\/ap\/20101111\/ap_on_re_eu\/eu_france_armistice_day\">France honors memory of Muslim WWI veterans <\/a>(AP)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/billtammeus.typepad.com\/my_weblog\/2010\/11\/11-11-10.html\">Pondering pacifism today: 11-11-10 <\/a>(Bill&#8217;s &#8220;Faith Matters&#8221; Weblog)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Share your thoughts, and any other links that I can add to this list,&nbsp;in the Comments section below.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-style-span\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\">*<a href=\"http:\/\/feedburner.google.com\/fb\/a\/mailverify?uri=beliefnet\/beliefbeat\">Click here to<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><strong>subscribe to Belief Beat<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/strong><\/a>and<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/beliefbeat\">click here to<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><strong>follow Belief Beat on Twitter.<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today (and every day, really) is Veterans Day, and I&#8217;d like to thank my father and others for their service and sacrifice. 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