10/07/2026
What we owe isn't guilt. It's attention. It's the discipline of remembering on purpose, instead of by accident."
Mike McElhiney,
He survived Afghanistan. He spent decades at the Minnesota Department of Veterans Affairs. Now Mike is arguing in print that honoring service is a choice, not a reflex.
This October, Minnesotans have a place to make that choice: a 250-year military history exhibit at the State Fairgrounds. Go. Reflect. Remember the ones who carried us home.
Read Mike's full op-ed → link: https://www.twincities.com/2026/10/04/mike-mcelhiney-what-we-owe-the-ones-who-carried-us-home/
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