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Pagan Community Notes: Week of November 8, 2021
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In this week’s Pagan Community Notes, Veteran’s Day remembrances at Circle Sanctuary, Oak Flat altar vandalized, and more news.
Interviews
Veterans Day 2020: Honoring Pagan Veterans
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Pagan veterans share their thoughts and experiences on their service to their country.
Neopaganism
Pagan Community Notes: Veterans Day, International Week of Science and Peace, Northern Indiana Atheists gain right to space, and more!
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Pagan Community Notes: Veterans’ Day in the US, Northern Illinois Atheists follow-up, Guardians of the Rainforest leader killed, and much more!
Paganism
Honoring our veterans
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UNITED STATES – November 11th – the “11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month,” as noted by former TWH journalist and veteran Cara Schulz – is a federal holiday in the United States for reflecting upon the sacrifice and honoring the work of those who have served the country in the US Armed Forces: Air Force, Army, Coast Guard, Navy, and Marines. Prior to being formally named Veterans Day in 1954, during the Eisenhower Administration, the day was known as Armistice Day. Armistice Day continues to be celebrated around the world in commemoration of the end of World War I. 2018 marks 100 years since that cease fire. Today is often celebrated with poppies. Poppies symbolize eternal sleep, as present in Hellenic and Roman religions; this symbolism is echoed in The Wizard of Oz where magical poppies were used to cause sleep.
News
Honoring our veterans
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UNITED STATES – Every year, Nov. 11 is a day set aside to honor those who have served in the five branches of the armed forces. Flags are flown; parades are held; ceremonies are attended. Nov. 11 was chosen because, on that day in 1918, an armistice, or temporary cessation of hostilities, was declared between the allied nations and Germany during the first world war.