Abu Muqawama: Veterans Day
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November 13, 2009 | Posted by Abu Muqawama - 9:42am | 1 Comment
Better late than never, read this Veterans Day essay in the Boston Globe by Ted Sutton.
Veterans Day
November 11, 2009 | Posted by Abu Muqawama - 2:06pm | 8 Comments
We at CNAS are taking the day off of work -- and that includes blogging -- but I led a group of folks around a very rainy Mall to see the World War II memorial, the DC World War I Memorial, the Korean War Memorial and the Vietnam War Memorial before pausing for a minute of silence at 1100. We then retreated to Chef Geoff's and toasted veterans and the fallen over brunch. Many thanks to all who served or are currently serving.
The Return
November 8, 2009 | Posted by Abu Muqawama - 12:25pm | 9 Comments
The New York Times has an op-ed today that both my boss and my mother will send to me if I am not quick enough to blog it.
Veterans Day
November 11, 2007 | Posted by Abu Muqawama - 11:45am | 1 Comment
If you see a veteran today, give him or her a firm handshake and say "thanks." Abu Muqawama went to services early this morning and then made his way down to Downing Street to watch the Remembrance Day ceremony.
Bob Bateman on Remembrance Day
November 9, 2007 | Posted by Abu Muqawama - 4:19pm | 0 Comments
The eleventh day of the eleventh month is more poignant over here on this side of the pond, where 11/11 will forever be the day the guns fell silent on the fields of Europe in 1918. The Brits call it Remembrance Day, and we used to call it Armistice Day before we renamed it Veterans Day.
