GUEST COLUMN:
Veterans Day reminds us there is still more that unites us than divides us
Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2026 | 2 a.m.
America has become very good at finding reasons to disagree.
Turn on cable news, scroll through social media or follow almost any political debate and you will quickly be reminded of everything supposedly dividing us. Republican or Democrat. Red state or blue state. Urban or rural. Young or old.
Sometimes it can feel as though we no longer agree on much of anything.
Then comes Veterans Day.
For one day, Americans are asked to put aside the arguments and recognize men and women who served a country that belongs to all of us.
Veterans did not serve only the Americans who voted the way they did. They did not defend only people who shared their religion, politics, background or worldview. They served the United States of America.
That makes Veterans Day about more than honoring those who wore the uniform. It offers an important reminder of what citizenship is supposed to mean.
We can disagree without becoming enemies.
We can have different ideas about the direction of our country while still loving the same country.
And we can recognize that the freedoms allowing u...