Opinion by Colbert I. King: The service and sacrifice of D.C. residents should be a source of national tribute. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton has detailed the costs borne by the District in a resolution introduced in advance of Memorial Day.
Besides, Memorial Day has a special resonance for this D.C. native. We still don’t have what we have rightly earned as citizens: full and equal representation in Congress or full authority to govern ourselves. Yet the service and sacrifice of D.C. residents in the protection of the country, which should be a source of national tribute, is not even afforded an afterthought.of Memorial Day recognizing D.C.’s service members and veterans.— 635 D.C.
— The 547 D.C. residents who were Korean War casualties were greater than that observed by eight different states.
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