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Why Mother First Voted Republican

May 15, 2014 by Lanita Boyd

Here is an excerpt from an article, “Miss Ralph Goes to Washington,” about working in the Pentagon during World War II that Mother had published in The Rocking Chair Reader. She always told this story to explain why she was no longer a “Yellow Dog Democrat.”  Enjoy this posthumous guest post as a follow-up from the … [Read more…]

Posted in: family Tagged: Adlai Stevenson, Eisenhower, voting, World War II, Yellow Dog Democrat

Delight yourself in the Lord and He will give you the desires of your heart.
Psalm 37:4

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