This photo was submitted to us by sometime River Reporter staff member and writer Ed Wesely, who on November 11 was reminded of the meaning of the day—including its origins as Armistice Day—by this "unpretentious flag on a dirt road," as he describes it. Deploring the way that Veterans Day has been appropriated by politicians and entertainers nowadays, he writes that this quiet symbol "called to mind special men I'd served with decades ago."