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NOVEMBER 12, 2009 1:28PM

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There were some truly outstanding posts made for Veterans Day/Remembrance Day yesterday, and many OSers believe that the cover did not reflect the significance of the day. Here are links to as many of those posts as I could gather. Please feel free to add any that I've missed in your comments below, or send me a PM.

ALTERNATIVE OS VETERANS DAY COVER

Lest we forget -- Remembrance Day by emma peel.

Thank you for your service by markTheCanuck.

Veteran's Day Reflections by Procopius.

Honoring Our Veterans (a rhupunt) by Skye Writer.

Remembering Skip this Veteran's Day by Patie.

You Don't Know What the Hell You Are Talking About on War by Dorinda Fox.

Armistice Day: Dulce Et Decorum Est? by Boanerges1.

Thank You, Beautiful Young Men and Women by C.K. Dexter Haven.

In Flanders Fields by Harvey Gardner.

Bye Dad: A last salute and farewell to my best veteran by grif.

Thoughts on Veterans Day by Robert Kelley.

Veterans' Day Tribute to Grandpa, the Italian Polar Bear by AtHomePilgrim.

11/11/11 1918 by bobbot.

Happy Veterans Day... by Minuet.

Lessons from the Oldest American Veteran by Karin Greenberg.

Andy is My Hero by ramblin_rose.

A Lump Of Coal For Our Nation's Veterans From GE's John Kren by jamescannonboyce.

Veterans Deserve So Much More by Va. Tech Grad.

Lest We Forget - WWII Slideshow by scott w. gray.

Hell and Back - A Thank You to Veterans by Cap'n Parrotdead.

A Haiku For Our Vets by Sandy Bottom.

Remembering on this Veteran's Day by Chuck A. Stetson.

A Veterans Day thought by Mark Wilson.

Happy Armistice Day!!!! by coach37.

Fortunate Son by CoyoteOldStyle.

In Honor of My Father-in-law on Veterans Day by Jeff Brawer.

Veterans Day Ancestors-at-a-glance by Kristine Harrison.

France Says Thank You by zashin.

May The Lord Smile On Our Veterans Today And Every Day by Trade Martin.

remembrance by kmbearden.

For American Veterans Searching For Light by Chicago Guy.

Bringing Brother Home (A Veterans Day Memory) by ronnierayjenkins.

A Soldier's Heart by TheBarkingLot4.

Pres. Obama & America Says Thank You To Our Veterans! by BUZZARDSKORNER.

Veteran's Day - Geneseo, IL by Teresa M.

A Day of Difficulty in Remembering by Kent Pitman.

For Veterans Day, Bill Moyers Previews "The Good Soldier" by yours truly.

Veteran's Day; A Personal Story by Torman.

THANK YOU - On this Veterans Day by The Wright Sight.

Honoring My Soldiers, My Heroes on Veterans Day by Kathy Riordan.

These Boots - For Veteran's Day by Philip Rodgers.

Observations of a Veterans Day Parade by skeletnwmn.

Iwo Jima in honor of Veterans Day by apache savage.

Veterans Day-A different perspective by Placebostudman.

Repost - Eleventh Month, Eleventh Day, Eleventh Hour by Sgt. Mom.

Honouring Those Who Die For Us by JK Brady.

Eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month. by Chris Brown (not the felon).

"Frozen in Time," But Not Forgotten by Dorian de Wind.

Japan Photo: U.S.S. Oneida Gravestone by Calton.

To Veterans by zumalicious

My Military Service by CZPhoenix.

An Advertising Faux Pas - Madison Avenue and the Military by Donna Carbone.

Reflections on two military cemeteries in France by Constantine von Hoffman.

poppies by kmbearden.

For the veterans, the ones who have been there (repost) by mypsyche.

Whew! What a collection! I hope all these links work. And, as I said, if I've left anyone out, please let me know in comments or via PM and I will add a link to the body of this post.

Thanks to everyone who wrote such wonderful pieces for Veterans Day/Remembrance Day 2009!

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Thanks for taking the time to post these stories.

ronnierayjenkins

November 12, 2009 01:33 PM

good stuff that

Jesse Mitchell

November 12, 2009 01:46 PM

Thank you for going above and beyond for the readers on Open Salon. I think this is a good list and I am thankful to you for making the effort.

Rated.

David McClain

November 12, 2009 01:49 PM

Thanks ronnieray and JMitch!

It was my pleasure, Torman. It's a bit of a slow day at work, anyway. I just hope that some people see this - not that it makes up for the cover yesterday. It's just another post getting lost in the miasma that is OS!

Jeanette DeMain

November 12, 2009 01:53 PM

Wow, what a list! Very nice of you to do this - it was a lot of work, I know. I hope to read some of these when I get a bit more time.

Nelle Engoron

November 12, 2009 01:54 PM

Thanks for compiling this list. I'm going to go through as many as I can. And, I hope the "Editors" of this site are thoroughly embarassed--they should be.

Walter Blevins

November 12, 2009 01:55 PM

great idea and great effort

Ariana Paz

November 12, 2009 01:58 PM

Hey, an editor!

jimmymac1025

November 12, 2009 02:03 PM

You did wonderfully in gathering up these lovely works in one place! Thank you very much.

65 AndStillAlive

November 12, 2009 02:03 PM

Thank you for including my piece in this remarkable list. There are several on there that deserve far more attention than they got -- I'm thinking of Emma Peel and Cap'n Parrotdead and JK Brady especially.

Boanerges1

November 12, 2009 02:08 PM

Thank you, Jeanette. The time you offered for this compilation is in itself a tribute to our veterans.

Lea Lane

November 12, 2009 02:10 PM

Jeannette - you are a saint! What a generous deed you have done!

Unbreakable

November 12, 2009 02:12 PM

Thank you for compiling these, Jeanette. I'll need to check out those I missed.

Kathy Riordan

November 12, 2009 02:16 PM

A wonderful compilation. Thank you for including me.

Jeff Brawer

November 12, 2009 02:20 PM

Thanks for doing this.

bobbot

November 12, 2009 02:23 PM

Hi Jeanette,
Aim and I were working on a similar post with lots of help from AtHomePilgrim. I have more links if you're interested. Thanks for doing this.

R.

C.K. Dexter Haven

November 12, 2009 02:25 PM

Obviously a labor of love. Nice job.

Jeff L. Howe

November 12, 2009 02:26 PM

Thanks C.K. I have added the new links.

Jeanette DeMain

November 12, 2009 02:53 PM

Thanks to all for reading and commenting. (And, Lea, thanks so much for saying that.)

Jeanette DeMain

November 12, 2009 03:07 PM

Nice compilation - very kind gesture!

Leonde Delmare

November 12, 2009 05:47 PM

I got so teary-eyed, I had to stop reading these. I've never seen so much poignant writing on one day on OS.
Truly remarkable -- all of you.
R

john blumenthal

November 12, 2009 06:21 PM

thank you so much for taking the time to compile this list - there were many great posts yesterday (and today) and i had missed so many of them. thank you for your hard work. :)

(and thank you for including my post from today, as i had a discussion with a friend last night who was unaware as to why the poppy symbolizes veterans'/remembrance/memorial day. thanks!)

kmbearden

November 12, 2009 06:32 PM

Great job Jeanette. A nice service for OS'ers. I'm going to link to this.

rwnutjob

November 12, 2009 06:55 PM

What a thoughtful idea and generous effort. I've read some of these excellent pieces and will read more. Thank you.

Lainey

November 12, 2009 07:33 PM

This must have been hard work. It should be on the cover, even if belated, so it gets a big, fat ZUMAPICK!

Thank you so much for doing this.

zumalicious

November 12, 2009 08:09 PM

I had no idea there were so many touching posts. I echo all the comments of the others. In some ways this list just reinforces the caring values of OSers that I've come to appreciate here.
Thank you for an incredible amount of work. I look forward to visiting as many of these as possible.

grif -

November 12, 2009 08:23 PM

Well, in addition to giving these very worthy posts a little more publicity, which they richly deserve, I also made some new friends today, and that has been a very pleasant bonus!

Jeanette DeMain

November 12, 2009 09:56 PM

Thanks Jeanette for this incredible list and for including my post on it! I am excited to go read all of those that I missed.

Karin Greenberg

November 12, 2009 10:16 PM

Thank you Jeanette, thank you.

bbd

November 12, 2009 10:31 PM

Wonderful post and also thanks to C.K. who did the same thing but didn't get hers up quite as fast. So many fine examples of writing that should not be ignored.

emma peel

November 12, 2009 10:35 PM

This is just wonderful. Imagine what would happen if this kind of care and thought were put into this site every day.

And the fact that you picked the days most important subject also helped.

The talent reflected here (and I can say that because all I did was put up a video) is astounding.

Thank you.

Chicago Guy

November 12, 2009 11:30 PM

Wow, that was a lot of work for a very worthwhile project. Good recognition by you et al. Thank you.

Polly Endicott

November 13, 2009 12:16 AM

Awesome job on getting these listed. I too noticed a big lack in the coverage of all the excellent stories that were posted in rememberance on the front page and am commenting on this and rating to get it into the feed and on the front page.

Excellent.

Tinkerertink69

November 13, 2009 06:10 AM

Wonderful list! I read so many great stories on that day. Thank you for putting them together and posting them.

MiddleAgedWomanBlogging

November 13, 2009 09:09 AM

And here I spent a good portion of my morning running about and posting when it was all wrapped up in a bow in one of the posts I missed! Fortunatly it is never too late to say "Thank you". Thank you for this alternate cover!