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The second day of Gettysburg in 1863. Does anyone doubt that Trump would lock up his opponents, shutter newspapers and seek to impose authority over other media.? Does anyone doubt that he would abuse the rule of law to punish enemies and reward cronies? Trump is causing (4)

Chaos in America. He has attacked and weakened our most vital institutions over the last 3.5 years and now he has decided that he will stay in power by any means necessary. He is trying to steal the election through a brazenly illegal and unconstitutional Voter suppression (5)

scheme. The USPS has been selected by Trump to be the unwitting bludgeon as he assaults our Free and Fair Elections process. His plan is murderous. He is deliberately slowing mail service. Imagine our fellow citizens who need Cancer medications. Imagine the veterans waiting (6)

For their meds. Imagine the small business owners who are barely hanging on. More Americans will die needlessly as the result of yet another cold, calculating and calloused decision by Trump. The first US Postmaster General was Dr. Benjamin Franklin. He understood that mail (7)

Delivery is amongst the very highest priorities and requirements of a functioning National Government. The Postal Service is as old as the nation. It has a storied history. From the daring of the Pony express to the pioneering Air Mail pilots at the dawn of aviation to the (8)

Men and women who walk a route today and know our kids names and always have a treat for the dog. “Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds” Trump is attacking our election. He is using the (9)

USPS to do it. His collaborators in this plot against America are largely silent. What are we supposed to call it when one of America’s two political parties succumbs fully to the siren of power at the expense of the American experiment? Freedom is on the line. Above Omaha Beach

In Normandy is the American Cemetery. There are nearly 10,000 graves there. The names of 1600 missing in action are inscribed on a memorial wall. There are 38 pairs of brothers buried together. Two of those brothers are sons of a President and one of them is among the three (11)

Medal of Honor Recipients buried there. There is a chapel in the middle of the Cemetery with a mosaic on the roof that depicts America blessing her sons as they depart to fight for freedom and liberty. There is a large statue there that is called “The spirit of youth rising (12)

from the waves”. The thing that stands out most of all is the perfect symmetry of the graves.The Crosses and Stars of David mark an American Army at permanent and final rest. It was an Army of liberation that struck down the tyranny and evil of fascism. Every grave faces west 13/

towards America. They would not return across the vast Ocean they emerged from to strike down evil. I imagine their judgement is upon us all. The ghost of every American patriot is stirring this afternoon. When it was their time they faced the danger and did not look back 14/

This is our hour to rise and do as Americans must do. We must defend freedom. We must Vote. We must organize. We must participate. We must never ever let any person or any nation threaten our right to vote. It is an inheritance paid for in blood. We will never surrender it.