By Col. Charles D. Allen (Ret.)

As Americans approach the close of 2025, we have lot to reflect upon with economic uncertainty, issues of national security, and the political turbulence of a new presidential administration.

Domestically, we continue to struggle with this great experiment called democracy for our society and its culture, which defines the daily experience of the many peoples (citizens and those who aspired to be) inside of our American borders.

On Thursday, we will celebrate Thanksgiving Day and follow the tradition of Presidential Proclamation established by Abraham Lincoln in 1863 in the midst of a civil war.

A month before the attack on Pearl Harbor and witness to international conflict, President Franklin D. Roosevelt proclaimed on Nov. 8, “We have not lost ou

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