Tag Archives: Veterans Day

Post-Veterans Day Musing

Posted on November 16, 2019 by Susanna J. Sturgis

I don’t “celebrate” Veterans Day but I do indeed observe it. I notice. I take note. Coming of political age during the Vietnam War, I was not favorably disposed to either the military or the U.S. government. In the decades … Continue reading →

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Do We Love Our Freedom?

Posted on November 11, 2016 by Susanna J. Sturgis

I’ve written before about my ambivalence about Veterans Day. November 11 was the birthday of my uncle Neville, a gentle soul who came home shell-shocked from World War II, so the family story goes, and never really got his feet … Continue reading →

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November 11

Posted on November 12, 2015 by Susanna J. Sturgis

Veterans Day 2015. Blustery and wet on Martha’s Vineyard: the parade was cancelled, and the annual ceremony was moved inside to the VFW hall in Oak Bluffs. November 11 was my uncle Neville’s birthday. He was a gentle, soft-spoken guy, … Continue reading →

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Veterans Day

Posted on November 11, 2011 by Susanna J. Sturgis

He’s five foot two and he’s six foot four He fights with missiles and with spears He’s all of thirty-one and he’s only seventeen He’s been a soldier for a thousand years — Buffy Sainte-Marie, “Universal Soldier” Ambivalent about Veterans … Continue reading →

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