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A Poignant Veterans Day Memory

A Poignant Veterans Day Memory
Veterans and others carry a large American Flag while marching in the nation's largest Veterans Day Parade in New York City on Nov. 11, 2016 in New York City. Spencer Platt/Getty Images
Mark Hendrickson
Mark Hendrickson
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Veterans Day seems to be one of those “sort of” holidays. We know something’s different about Nov. 11 because the banks and post office are closed. But for most of us, it’s another day at work or school.

Mark Hendrickson
Mark Hendrickson
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Mark Hendrickson is an economist who retired from the faculty of Grove City College in Pennsylvania, where he remains fellow for economic and social policy at the Institute for Faith and Freedom. He is the author of several books on topics as varied as American economic history, anonymous characters in the Bible, the wealth inequality issue, and climate change, among others.
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