Quote of the Day

Many years ago I became fed up with the hollow thank yous and stopped celebrating Veterans Day. Today I join with Veterans For Peace in a call to reclaim November 11th as Armistice Day – a day to think about peace and thank those who served by working to end war. I’m tired of us vets being used for war and then many of us being pretty much discarded. Instead of thanking us, change how we are treated and work to end war. That is a real tribute.

– Michael McPhearson
Excerpted from "Don’t Thank Me Anymore
. . . Just Care for Veterans Who Return
and Work To End All War"
Common Dreams
November 10, 2015

See also the previous Wild Reed posts:
• The Challenge of Peace
• All on a Beautiful Morning
• Vigiling Against Weaponized Drones
• The "Fool Soldiers" of the Lakota
• Remembering Dorothy Day's Response to the U.S. Bombing of Hiroshima
• The Origins of Mother's Day
• The Tenth Anniversary of the U.S. Invasion of Iraq
• Walking Against Weapons
• Alliant Action
• Award-winning "Hellraisers" at It Again
• Marv Davidov, 1931-2012
• In Search of a "Global Ethic"