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Every November 11, front porches, schoolyards, town halls, cemeteries, and main streets across the country fill with red, white, and blue. Some flags are crisp and newly unfolded. Others are weathered cotton banners that have hung through decades of holidays, homecomings, and hard seasons. On Veterans Day, that sight carries a little more weight. The flag is still a national symbol, of course, but on this day it also becomes personal. It stands for people who raised a right