In the American ritual calendar, two days celebrate those who’ve served in the armed forces. Memorial Day is poignant, set at the end of May in the context of life’s seasonal burgeoning — flowers…
Sara Jaye Hart
Sara Jaye Hart received her PhD in Religion and Literature from Boston University and teaches Religious Studies at Humboldt State University, on the redwood coast of far-northern California. She is the proud daughter of a Marine combat veteran and the President of California’s American Legion Auxiliary Unit 274, through which she manages service learning projects with high school and college students, veterans, and community members.