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Frederick Douglas spoke at Arlington National Cemetery on May 30, 1871. The quote above from that speech really stuck out to me. You can read the entire speech here shared by Ta-Neshi Coates via the Atlantic.   Have you ever fought for what you believed to be right? Is there some cause now in which you would die for? This is the season we Americans honor those that gave their lives in service to our country. Many may disagree on why some wars were fought but at the end of the day diverse Americans benefited from the sacrifice.  Personally I'm grateful to Union Solders that fought during the Civil War within these United States and won for my family to be free from enslavement today.    I received an email  this weekend from  Josue Pierre , Democratic State Committee Chairman   in which he credited the newly famous historian Abstrakt Goldsmith for sharing a history many of us never learned in school. This history has gained much traction over the weekend. Just in ca