Broadcast: November 9, 2025 at 4:00 p.m.
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On this edition of Peace Talks Radio, we hear from people working to rename and re-claim several holidays: Thanksgiving, Columbus Day, and Veterans Day.
When there are false narratives behind those holidays, it can be hurtful and harmful. Those stories might be covering up painful truths; the holiday names can be used to promote the political agendas of those in power.
Mahtowin Munro, co-leader of United American Indians of New England, organizes a National Day of Mourning each year on Thanksgiving. She’s also campaigned to transform Columbus Day into Indigenous People’s Day. And former US Army ranger turned war resistor Rory Fanning is part of a campaign to give Veterans Day back its pre-1954 name: Armistice Day