Why Was John Kerry Even Speaking to VFW or The American Legion

"We will not quickly join those who march on Veteran's Day waving small flags, calling to memory those thousands of lives who died for the "greater glory" of the United States. We will not accept the rhetoric. We will not readily join the American Legion and the Veterans of Foreign Wars. We will demand relevancy such as other organizations have recently been able to provide. We will not uphold the traditions which decorously memorialize that which is base and grim."

-John F. Kerry, Epilogue to "New Soldier" (MacMillan Publishing, Co, Fall, 1971)

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