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https://www.blindsgalore.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/veterans_day_event_full_siz.png600308I am giving a special tribute today to all of the men and women who have served and sacrificed for our country and for our American ideals of freedom, human dignity and the right to live in peace. I have just finished reading, “The Yellow Birds,” by Kevin Powers, a poignant, poetic and passionate memoir…