Columbia University Apartheid Divest hosted a “Martyrs Day” protest on South Lawn on ... flags at the Sundial and played music to celebrate Veterans Day. Protesters planted Palestinian flags and signs ...

About 30 Columbia students and student-vets gathered at the campus sundial Monday morning, planting American flags in the exact spot the so-called “Martyrs Day” demonstration was scheduled to ...

No, actually it was Martyrs Day. “Veterans Day is an American holiday ... Nahins was part of a group of counter-protesters who waved American flags jubilantly in another quadrant of the lawn.

“Instead, we will celebrate Martyrs Day in honor of those martyred by the ... Student veterans and supporters placed American flags in protest of the event, according to the New York Post.