Today is the day the nation sets aside to honor our veterans of the armed forces. It's always a particularly important day in West Virginia, where the rate of service is so high.

Veterans Day is not about war, per se, although it can sometimes be difficult to separate the two.

As is tradition, we offer up some reflections on this Veterans Day.

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“I have seen war. I have seen war on land and sea. I have seen blood running from the wounded. I have seen men coughing out their gassed lungs. I have seen the dead in the mud. I have seen cities destroyed. ... I have seen children starving. I have seen the agony of mothers and wives. I hate war.” — President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, speech at Chautauqua, New York, Aug. 14, 1936

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