{"id":3223,"date":"2026-11-12T00:58:18","date_gmt":"2026-11-12T00:58:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/?p=3223"},"modified":"2026-11-12T00:58:19","modified_gmt":"2026-11-12T00:58:19","slug":"veterans-day-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/?p=3223","title":{"rendered":"Veterans Day 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/veterans-photo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/veterans-photo-768x1024-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/veterans-photo-768x1024-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/veterans-photo-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/veterans-photo-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/veterans-photo-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/veterans-photo.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Veterans Day display at our local Senior Center &#8230;photo by Joe<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I have traveled extensively interviewing a good number of U.S. Military Veterans on a range of issues.  From these interviews, I&#8217;ve crafted a position paper on the military that is, number one, quite comprehensive, and two, in regard to Veterans issues, a multi-level series of things to make sure Veterans are taken care of across the board in this country.  These are people willing to make the &#8220;ultimate sacrifice,&#8221; and we, all of us, should be just as willing to help them at every turn.  That includes, as just some examples: comprehensive physical healthcare; just as comprehensive mental healthcare; advantages in buying homes, advantages in getting, say, a college education; and on, and on&#8230;  For a look at our overall <a href=\"https:\/\/www.voteforjoe.com\/military-c88k\">Military position paper, see&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Veterans Day display at our local Senior Center &#8230;photo by Joe I have traveled extensively interviewing a good number of U.S. Military Veterans on a range of issues. From these interviews, I&#8217;ve crafted a position paper on the military that <span class=\"excerpt-dots\">&hellip;<\/span> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/?p=3223\"><span class=\"more-msg\">Continue reading &rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3223","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3223","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3223"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3223\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3225,"href":"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3223\/revisions\/3225"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3223"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3223"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3223"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}