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This list includes every page or product from UUA.org, UU World magazine, or inSpirit books & gifts that is tagged with Veterans Day.

  • SOLDIERS CELEBRATE the news of the Armistice.
    Reclaim Armistice Day

    Joanne Dufour

    From Disarmament
    Armistice Day was renamed Veterans Day in 1954, changing it to a celebration of patriotism and warriors. Let us reclaim the holiday's spirit of peace.
  • Army soldier in dress uniform playing Taps at Arlington National Cemetery
    The Last Soldier

    David M. Horst

    From WorshipWeb
    I saw the parade pass by with the last soldier marching. I saw politicians stand by not in pride, but in shame as they recited the names of the dead and...
  • Virginia National Guard Soldiers from the Emporia-based 1710th Transportation Company reunite with family, friends and fellow Guard Soldiers Feb. 22, 2014, in Norfolk after serving on federal active duty in Afghanistan since June 2013.
    Prayer for Veteran's Day

    Audette Fulbright Fulson

    From WorshipWeb
    Today, we bow our heads in recognition of the great service and sacrifice some have been asked to make....
  • Security force team members for Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) Farah wait for a UH-60 Black Hawk medevac helicopter to land before moving a simulated casualty during medical evacuation training on FOB Farah, Jan. 9
    For Those Who Serve

    Cynthia Landrum

    From WorshipWeb
    In honor of those who have served, And those who continue to serve, At home and abroad, for peace and in war, We light our chalice, And we offer our...
  • An array of old photographs and vintage books
    A Prayer for the World

    Amy Petrie Shaw

    From WorshipWeb
    For all who die in war We lift up our hearts For all who live in suffering in the aftermath of violence We lift up our hearts For all who give their liv...
  • Virginia National Guard Soldiers from the Emporia-based 1710th Transportation Company reunite with family, friends and fellow Guard Soldiers Feb. 22, 2014, in Norfolk after serving on federal active duty in Afghanistan since June 2013.
    Return

    George A Tyger

    From WorshipWeb
    The first stop on U.S. soil after a deployment is the airport. From there, it’s all downhill until you get to see your family and loved ones again. But...
  • U.S. Army Lt. Col. Jeff Cantor shakes the hand of an Afghan boy outside Bagram Airfield in Janquadam, Parwan province, Afghanistan
    A Stone's Throw

    George A Tyger

    From WorshipWeb
    As I ride through Kandahar City’s Sub-District 9, I see a naked dust-covered kid playing along the road. That is not the strangest thing. But when he...
  • Security force team members for Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) Farah wait for a UH-60 Black Hawk medevac helicopter to land before moving a simulated casualty during medical evacuation training on FOB Farah, Jan. 9
    The Buddha’s Tobacco

    George A Tyger

    From WorshipWeb
    I lean back in the chair and exhale a long breath of thick white cigar smoke into the night sky. It rises upward, swirls in a light breeze, and disappears.
  • Spc. Sabrina Day, 132nd Military Police Company, South Carolina National Guard, smothers her three-year-old son, Blake with hugs and kisses Aug. 4, 2014, at Eagle Aviation in Columbia, S.C. upon returning from deployment to Afghanistan.
    When Lonely Press Left Paw

    George A Tyger

    From WorshipWeb
    My son has sent me a “Build-A-Bear.” Dressed in the latest digital camouflage ACUs.* (Build-A-Bear hasn’t yet caught up with multicam.) It came with...
  • Bird in a birdcage.
    A Bird in the Hand

    George A Tyger

    From WorshipWeb
    I sit alone, planning the rest of the day....