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OUR HEROES OF
DEMOCRACY
The right to vote is more than a privilege—it is a hard-won right that generations of Americans have fought to protect.
How does it feel when someone tells you they don't vote?
Our Heroes of Democracy
Our Heroes of Democracy
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Ray Houle, Spec 5 Army, Vietnam War
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Ernst Cafolla, WWII Army Staff Sergeant
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Richard Ethier, Marine Corps Sergeant E-5 and Vietnam War Veteran
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The vote is precious. It is the most powerful non-violent tool we have in a democratic society, and we must use it.
In 1965, John Lewis (far right), with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (center), leads a march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, to protest the denial of voting rights to African Americans. (© Steve Schapiro/Corbis)
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