It's Veteran's Day in the USA. There was an assembly at my kid's elementary school. I volunteered to help with the reception and cleanup without really thinking about it.

I went to the same elementary school in the 80s. I don't ever recall having a Veteran's Day assembly. It was the very first one my Vietnam Era father attended.

In the end, I realized that seeing my kid give his grandfather a certificate of appreciation of his service is the only symbolic act worth contemplating at my age.