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To the editor : I appreciate guest contributor Joanna Davidson’s op-ed about the Trump administration’s ongoing attempts to change our language to reflect its authoritarian and militaristic designs on life in our country ( “Trump’s idea to rename Veterans Day fizzled for good reason,” Nov. 11).

However, she neglected to point out that prior to President Trump’s proposed renaming of Veterans Day, it had already been renamed decades earlier. The holiday was originally called Armistice Day , an observation of the end of World War I and presumably a celebration of the blessings of peace.

The trappings of militarism in our history long predate Trump and Defense Secretary Pete H

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