Jan. 28 was an amazing day not just for St. Louis but for all
of America because it showed what we can do, together, when we unite
around the pillars that hold up this greatest of nations. We used our
free speech, our freedom of assembly, our collective sense of can-do and
good-old American ingenuity and capitalism to create one symbolic day
when we were not falsely divvied up by political preferences but
genuinely united in our awe of so much American sacrifice and our
determination to actively participate in this time of mass transition
from soldier to citizen.
-- Craig Schneider, co-organized the St. Louis welcome home parade for veterans that inspired the other parades taking place across the country, "People, not politics" (St. Louis Post-Dispatch).