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A program to honor Veteran's will be held in Minneota. here's the details:

flag11 a.m. at Minneota School Gymnasium
Ghent, Taunton and Minneota American Legion will participate
along with the
Minneota-Taunton VFW
and the Minneota Women ‘s Auxiliary.
* Program conducted by the Minneota High School
Student Council
* The Minneota Band and
Choir will perform
• Special Speakers

Veteran’s Day

By Bill Palmer


We celebrate military service on Veterans Day.  
It’s not a day to celebrate war, nor even a day to celebrate the military.  Rather, it is a day when we, as a nation, recall and thank the people who have served us in uniform.  
The Department of Veterans Affairs tells us that in our 233-year history over 42 million Americans have served our nation in uniform during wartime. Of that number there are over 17 million living wartime veterans. There are another six million living veterans who served during peacetime.  
My columns often feature two recurring themes: the nature of military service and how that service changes us.  
I have known many soldiers and have met many more as I interview veterans.  
With few exceptions these are people who believe in service and who inspire.  
I have yet to meet a combat veteran who tried to tell me what he or she did was a big deal.
They are proud to have served, but they were not looking for glory or greatness then and are certainly not looking for it now.  When you ask them why they served, they tell you it seemed like the right thing to do.  
You see, our veterans and our military personnel currently serving did not join the military to go to war or to seek glory.
Military personnel did not choose whether the nation went to war in World War II, Korea, Vietnam, Iraq, or Afghanistan or whether the nation sent peacekeeping forces to Somalia, Bosnia, or Kosovo.  
If we citizens disagree with a decision to deploy military forces, we should direct our protests to those who made the decision and those who can change that decision, not to the military personnel charged with carrying out that decision.
We should hold our military personnel responsible for their decisions, but we should not hold them responsible for decisions of their Commander-in-Chief.  
Honorable military service remains honorable and deserving of our support regardless whether that service occurs during a popular cause or an unpopular cause, during peacetime or wartime.
Today,  we remember and we say thank you to all who have served us in uniform.

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