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WI lawmakers seek Medal of Honor for Civil War hero
By M.D. Kittle | Wisconsin Reporter
MADISON – This Memorial Day weekend, while you enjoy your brats and your brew and the requisite extra day off, you probably won’t give a single thought to Lt. Alonzo Cushing. Why would you? He’s been dead for 150 years.
But the Wisconsin-born Civil War hero was a young man of [...]
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Nicholas Horton
on May 25, 2013 at 4:00pm
Thank you government for life, some liberty, and not auditing me. You are our only hope. Love, comrade Nic.
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How soon before we see a Joe Payne-level meltdown& confession from Eric #Holder?"Mr Smith Goes to Washington"t.co/PcOhoU0cW3
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Jasmine Winter: She truly is a class act. Well done, my dear Jazzy: t.co/fsiiPK2f84 via @journalstarnews
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NEW: Jerry Brown disguises fear of CTA with pretentious babble t.co/K7aeKane27
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