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Blog Entries by Kate Kelly from 11/2009

To Vaccinate or Not to Vaccinate? Why Is It a Question?

| Posted 11.03.2009 | Politics
Read More: Cdc, School Children, Vaccinations, Health Workers, 1918 Flu Statistics, Swine Flu, Politics News

As Americans we have little memory of days when our loved ones could be snatched away from us by a contagious illness. We watch our friends and relat...

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The Importance of Place in the American Story

| Posted 11.10.2009 | Politics
Read More: Historians, Preservationists, Pickett's Charge, Civil War, Gettysburg Battlefield, Veterans, Union Soldiers, Politics News

Being on the Gettysburg Battlefield, I understood service and sacrifice to one's country in a way that I have never understood it before.

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Airline Passengers Needed Their Own Rosa Parks

| Posted 11.17.2009 | Politics
Read More: Airlinie Passengers, Jackie Robinson, Discrimination, Plane Travel Deals, American Airlines, Rosa Parks, Politics News

We often read about Rosa Parks' bravery in refusing to give up her bus seat to a white person in Montgomery, Alabama in 1955, but very little is writt...

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What Would Will Rogers Say Today?

| Posted 11.23.2009 | Politics
Read More: Thanksgiving, Congress, Participatory Democracy, Will Rogers, Kirsten Gillibrand, Politics News

"Short and sweet" seemed just right for a holiday week blog. I found the perfect gem to share, a quote from Will Rogers, as I flew back to New York...

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