“It’s a Low Down, Dirty Shame”
Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart Today is Veterans Day. Originally called “Armistice Day,” making the day WWI came to an end. On June 1, 1954, it was renamed Veterans Day to honor our military personnel who served in all wars. I was born in July of 1946, the product of a Father who volunteered to serve in the United States Navy, and a mother who left her home in Idaho to work for Boeing Aircraft during the second World War. It has become an honor and a privilege for every sitting president to place a wreath on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington Cemetery on November 11. I have my doubts that this ceremony should happen today. It is a low down, dirty shame that a draft dodger who called our fallen men and women “suckers” and “losers,” asking “what was in it for them,” to have such an honor. On Monday, a new statue appeared on the National Mall. It is called “The Foot Soldier,” It is a satire depicting Donald Trump in a sitting position attending to the “bone spurs” on his feet. Tr...