Cesar Chavez: American Hero

Posted by admin on April 12, 2011 under Cesar Chavez & Dolores Huerta, Cesar Chavez & Dolores Huerta Resources, Web links | Be the First to Comment

“Excerpt from a web page from The Cesar E. Chavez Foundation”

Cesar Estrada Chavez, Senator Robert F. Kennedy noted, was “one of the heroic figures of our time..”

A true American hero, Cesar was a civil rights, Latino, farm worker, and labor leader; a religious and spiritual figure; a community servant and social entrepreneur; a crusader for nonviolent social change; and an environmentalist and consumer advocate.

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Resource: Clara Barton / Historic Home

Posted by admin on April 7, 2011 under Clara Barton, Clara Barton Resources | Be the First to Comment

“There’s probably no better way to learn about the historic woman who founded the American Red Cross than to visit Clara Barton’s house in Glen Echo, Md., near Washington.”

… thus begins a new article you might enjoy:

Historic Woman: ‘Battlefield Angel’ Clara Barton
Monday, March 28, 2011
By Moira E. McLaughlin, The Washington Post

Read the complete article at: http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/11087/1135006-369.stm#ixzz1Ir5SD64n

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