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Friday, November 13, 2026Nov 13

Sohn: On Memorial Day, let us honor our war dead with peace and love

Staff photo by Troy Stolt / 72-year-old Vietnam war Veteran Henry Slayton places Memorial Day flowers at the grave of a deceased member of the American Veteran's Post 36 at the Chattanooga National Cemetery on Tuesday. For the last seven years Slayton has honored his fellow veterans who have passed away. He says he will continue to do so for as long as he can.
Staff photo by Troy Stolt / 72-year-old Vietnam war Veteran Henry Slayton places Memorial Day flowers at the grave of a deceased member of the American Veteran's Post 36 at the Chattanooga National Cemetery on Tuesday. For the last seven years Slayton has honored his fellow veterans who have passed away. He says he will continue to do so for as long as he can.

“Our flag does not fly because the wind moves it.

It flies with the last breath of each soldier who died protecting it.”

– Unknown

Memorial Day and the occasional honors we give our fallen soldiers throughout the rest of the year are seemingly the only honorable things about war.

War is, after all, the end result of our inability to live peacefully and fairly with each other.