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Veterans Day

FPF #270 – Veterans Day

by | Nov 12, 2018 |

On FPF #270, I discuss how Veterans Day is used to celebrate war. Veterans Day started as Armistice Day to celebrate the end of WWI. I argue Veterans Day has become a day to promote wars and is not about helping vets.  I update the US role in the War in Yemen. The US...

Armistice Day

by | Nov 10, 2017 |

Veterans Day, which is tomorrow but is observed today, used to be called Armistice Day, marking the end of the shooting in World War I. The armistice between the Allies and Germany was signed a little after 5 a.m. on Nov. 11, 1918, but wasn't to take effect until...

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