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1.) The Lie of Little Women

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2. Harriet Tubman's Final Escape Mission

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3. Trigger - the life and times of Willie Nelsen's guitar

4. In the elevator on the way to work..

Co-worker: Happy Veterans Day!
ME: Uh, Happy isn't exactly the word I'd use.
Russian Co-worker (laughs).
Co-worker: Have a good Veterans Day?

Yes, we get Columbus Day off, Election Day off, but alas, not Veterans Day. The Irish/Italian Union fell down on the job -- just saying.

Being a Veteran means you enlisted and served in the military and most likely a War, it was started after WWI, on the final day of WWI, November 11.

Flying Veterans to Memorials on Veterans Day


The Story of 75th Division - my Great Uncle's Division and Where He Served During WWII

And...the story he told me years later...among others.. Combating Evil: WWII Stories and Folk Tales From Veterans Long Dead