Hats Off, Sturgis

Mark Houston hosts a solo Veterans Day tribute focused on South Dakota and the Black Hills. Topics include: - How Armistice Day became Veterans Day, and why November 11 matters. - Fort Meade’s connection to the tradition of standing for “The Star-Spangled Banner.” - The veterans home and Battle Mountain Sanitarium in Hot Springs. - Explorer II’s record-setting balloon flight from the Stratobowl. - Stories of military service, including Arlo Olson and the young sailor Calvin Graham aboard the USS South Dakota. - The story behind Ellsworth Air Force Base’s name and the Cold War history preserved at the Delta-09 missile silo. - Black Hills National Cemetery as a place of remembrance and reflection.