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  • On Memorial Day, Thoughts on Decoration Day

    May 28, 2012

    Today, the United States celebrates Memorial Day, one day reserved each year to honor our nation’s veterans who made the ultimate sacrifice. Every Memorial Day, I think about the history of this observance and the organization that started this tradition. The Grand Army of the Republic was a fraternal organization for Union veterans of the Civil War. [...]

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  • Senate To Vote On Joining UN Disability Rights Treaty

    May 21, 2012

    On December 31, 2006 The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities was adopted. Article 1 of the Convention states its’ purpose is to “promote, protect and ensure the full and equal enjoyment of all human rights and fundamental freedoms by all persons with disabilities, and to promote respect for their inherent dignity”. [...]

  • “Get Your Marching Shoes Ready”

    May 19, 2012

    “Get your marching shoes ready,” a woman in her sixties, sitting across from me at a DFA training in Manchester, New Hampshire, said. “Women my age fought hard for all the rights women your age have, and now you’re going to have to do it all over again. So get your marching shoes ready, you’re [...]

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