Flipboard Culture DeskOn June 6, veterans are taking to the streets across the USA to protest the Trump administration's cuts. @TheConversationUS looks at their history of mass mobilization, which dates back centuries. "They are powerful messengers, and their actions in the past have helped secure back pay and pensions for veterans, a Social Security and welfare system for U.S. civilians, and foreign policy changes to end wars abroad," writes Jamie Rowen, an associate professor of legal studies and political science at UMass Amherst.
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Veterans’ protests planned for D-Day latest in nearly 250 years of fighting for their benefits
An upcoming protest in Washington on June 6 isn’t the first time veterans have protested their treatment by the US government. Veterans have been mobilizing and agitating at home since the Civil War.