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Nelson: Basic rights secured by sacrifice

Never in my long life could I ever have imagined, after serving my country in two capacities over 30 years, that expressing peacefully a political opinion could endanger my life and safety.

So many have sacrificed their lives to preserve our basic rights. Just go to Arlington National Cemetery and see all those thousands of headstones of those since the Civil War until now who did that.

Carolyn Nelson

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Nelson: Basic rights secured by sacrifice

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Never in my long life could I ever have imagined, after serving my country in two capacities over 30 years, that expressing peacefully a political opinion could endanger my life and safety.

So many have sacrificed their lives to preserve our basic rights. Just go to Arlington National Cemetery and see all those thousands of headstones of those since the Civil War until now who did that.

Carolyn Nelson
Sun City West

rights, USA

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