America celebrates her 250th birthday this year, and no group has earned our thanks more than the millions of veterans who swore an oath and put themselves at risk to defend our way of life.
That is why the Fairfax County School Board’s decision last month to eliminate Veterans Day as a holiday in Northern Virginia is so disturbing.
This isn’t the same Fairfax County public school system that I attended as a student. Now, as deputy secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs, I can only wonder: What the hell are they thinking?…