Russia’s unprovoked war in Ukraine and China’s saber-rattling about Taiwan remind us that the world remains a dangerous place. Although most of humankind longs for peace, conflict has been an ever-present scourge

Veterans Day began as a celebration commemorating the end of a war — a conflict now known as the First World War. The hope was that the First World War would end

Veterans Day is one of the few federal holidays that isn’t celebrated on a Monday. It’s a fixed date, November 11th, commemorating the fact that the First World War ceased hostilities on

One of the things I find most exciting in life is learning something new — even if it’s a small thing. In preparing to write this article, I learned something about attributive

This year’s Veterans Day celebration marks the 100th anniversary of the end of the First World War. Katie Mettler (@kemettler) reports, “[in 1918,] at the eleventh hour on the eleventh day of

Although tomorrow is officially America’s Veterans Day, many people will enjoy a day off today since the holiday falls on a weekend. Originally called “Armistice Day,” the date was chosen to commemorate

One of the bitterest U.S. presidential elections ever held is now over; but, the divisiveness it fomented will likely linger for a generation or more. That’s why this Veterans Day might be