Saluting and honoring our veterans

There is a scene in Steven Spielberg’s film “Saving Private Ryan” in which a young man has his arm blown off. He stumbles around, gazing at his shattered limb, unsure of what to do.

War is confusion. War is detached horror.

I mention this only to point out that those Americans who grappled with man’s worst did so to preserve man’s best. As we celebrate yet another Veterans Day, we cannot forget that what is best about this country rests on their shoulders.

With this in mind, do something different this weekend. Visit cemeteries and place flags or flowers on the graves of our fallen heroes. Visit memorials and fly U.S. flags at half-staff until noon and pledge to aid the disabled veterans, widows, widowers and orphans of those who died in conflicts and wars.

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