Regardless of whether you agree with the policy-makers who send them here and there, these are folks who have put their lives on the line for you.<\/p>\n
Regardless of whether they served in a war zone or not, they had no guarantees of that when they joined up.<\/p>\n
Regardless of whether your place of business actually observes Veterans Day on Monday, its observation is in your heart.<\/p>\n
And if you aren’t flying a post-9-11 flag, fly one today, or tomorrow.<\/p>\n
They deserve that much, at least.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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