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Veterans Day

We should all gratefully honor our veterans — not just today, but every day — for their incredible sacrifices in defending our country and the United States Constitution. What baffles me is the 63 Republican members of the House of Representatives, themselves veterans, who support the presidential candidacy of a man who not only avoided …

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WaterFire Salute To Veterans

(11.5) WaterFire celebrates veterans with a full 80-brazier lighting at their 4th annual WaterFire Salute to Veterans event. The evening will include a veterans resource fair, ceremonies, and tributes throughout the night. The WaterFire lighting begins with a 150 Veteran Torch Procession and 300 Veteran Ring of Fire in Waterplace Basin. WaterFire invites you to …

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Tonight at Brown – Iraq vet speaks out

7pm in 115 Macmillan Hall (on Thayer, next to Science Library), 23 year-old Iraq vet Kris Goldsmith speaks about his experience fighting in Iraq: Kris enlisted in the Army at age 18 and was deployed to Iraq in January 2005.  He soon found out that the American military presence was unwelcom by most Iraqis, and …

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