Marna Ashburn remembers a Christmas party years ago where she and her soldier husband brought a bottle of wine.
And the hosts gave it right back to them.
They didn’t drink alcohol, Ashburn, author of “64 Easy Answers About Etiquette for the Modern Military Spouse,” said.
On Tuesday the nation will take a moment to pause from work and duty to spend the day honoring our veterans.
There will be parades and ceremonies.
Many national retailers are doing their part to offer extra freebies and savings to veterans that day.
Deb Stanley at Channel 7 News in Denver has compiled an annual list of Veterans' Day freebies that is the most complete and up to date. There will be free meals, free coffee, free car washes and extra discounts at big box retailers, nationwide.
When the Declaration of Independence was signed 236 years ago today, there certainly must have been nervous wives waiting at home.
The colonies were heading to war. And their husbands would soon be on the frontlines.
Spouses of Iraq war veterans know all too well what that call to arms sounds like. Terrorists slammed planes into our cities. Innocent people died. That night, the president rallied us to arms.
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