Category: Remembrance
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St Patrick; opposed slavery & upheld women
Nice short column in the Catholic League email today. The heroics of St. Patrick are not appreciated as much as they should be. He is the first person in history to publicly condemn slavery, and one of the first leaders to champion the cause of equal rights. There is much to celebrate on March 17.…
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Ohio Nat. Guard mourn loss of their colleagues killed in plane crash
Three of the six airmen whose KC135 air refueling tanker went down.
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Anniversary of Dred Scott Decision
Tomorrow is the anniversary of the infamous Dred Scott decision, in which the Supreme Court exiled an entire class of people from the protection of the law. And the real predecessor of Roe v. Wade.
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Pentagon ID’s 4 of the US soldiers killed
They range in age from 20 to 42 and one is a 39 year old woman. If you hit the link there are touching bios about the four of them. The four troops are Capt. Cody A. Khork, 35, of Winter Haven, Florida; Sgt. 1st Class Noah L. Tietjens, 42, of Bellevue, Nebraska; Sgt. 1st…