I interviewed people working to rename and re-claim several holidays: Thanksgiving, Columbus Day, and Veterans Day.

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.

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.

These two interviews aired together as an episode of Peace Talks radio in November 2025.