Friday, November 10, 2006  Honoring our UU Veterans  Honoring
our Unitarian Universalist Veterans By F. Vernon Chandler
Veterans Day, originally established as Armistice Day in 1926,
is the official holiday when the United States honors our men
and women who are veterans. The holiday was renamed Veterans Day
in 1954 to honor all US veterans.  Recognizing and honoring the
military service of members in our Unitarian Universalist
congregations are not high priorities for many of our churches
and fellowships. But there are literally hundreds of Unitarian
Universalists in our nation's armed forces today, and chances
are that someone sitting near you on Sunday morning was once in
uniform.  I suspect that many Unitarian Universalist veterans
feel some awkwardness in sharing this distinction with other UUs
on Veterans Day. Given the number of veterans who are members of
our religious faith, I can't help wishing our Veterans Day
observances were different.  Our veterans' military experiences
are varied. Some enjoyed