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A fight for honor
Mpls (red)Star Tribune (online) / Columbus Dispatch ^ | 11/20/02 | MIKE HARDEN

Posted on 11/21/2002 7:52:30 AM PST by Valin

Edited on 04/13/2004 3:38:02 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

Last month, Ray Albert traveled from Ohio to a cemetery in Chattanooga, Tenn. to make a promise at the graves of two men 140 years dead. "I told them that I wouldn't forget them and that I would get the medal for them," he recalled.


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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: civilwar; congressionalmedal; history

1 posted on 11/21/2002 7:52:30 AM PST by Valin
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To: Non-Sequitur; x; Ditto; Huck
Good guys bump.
2 posted on 11/21/2002 8:05:48 AM PST by WhiskeyPapa
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To: WhiskeyPapa
No one seems to know why.
Good question.
3 posted on 11/21/2002 8:15:00 AM PST by Valin
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To: WhiskeyPapa
Bump.
4 posted on 11/21/2002 9:21:50 AM PST by Ditto
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To: Ditto
Latenight bump
5 posted on 11/21/2002 7:59:23 PM PST by Valin
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To: Valin
Bump for heroes.
6 posted on 11/22/2002 8:25:34 AM PST by WhiskeyPapa
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To: WhiskeyPapa
Wasn't Boadicea one of the Page3.com birds?

Quite possibly. I didn't realize you were a fan of the Goth-Iron Age look.

Oh yeah.

Not only was Boadicea a great icon for freedom for oppression, she was a great exponent of unbound bosoms in action.

Walt

7 posted on 11/22/2002 8:47:08 AM PST by WhiskeyPapa
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