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By LOUISA T. GROGAN
Rappahannock News Contributing Writer
The Culpeper Minute Men Chapter, NSDAE, met on Nov. 9 at the Culpeper United Methodist Church in Culpeper. The Regent, Mrs. Thomas Eastham, welcomed members and thanked the hostesses, Mrs. Norman Kloker and Mrs. Harding Thomas. '
In the President General’s message, read by Mrs. I.R. Kilby, Mrs. Blair suggested that all pause to give thanks to God for his love and his bounty, and to honoir all the veterans of our Armed Forces for their sacrifce so that we may continue to live in freedom and democracy. She urged all to continue to be active in community affairs and to encourage and to promote traditional American values.
In the National Defense report, read by Mrs. Edward I. Barton, it showed how capitalism is unlike socialism and how our government conceives of liberty.
The speaker, introduced by Mrs, Edward I. Barton, was Douglas K. Baumgardner, attorney in Washington and formerly Commonwealth Attorney for Rappahannock County.
Mr. Baumgardener was graduated with distinction for VMI in 1973 and from UVA Law School in 1976. The “Citizen Solider” was his subject for the afternoon. The concept of the Citizen Solider is a uniquely American one - citizen laying <jown their “plows” to fight and defend the constitution and tis principles as examplified in the Preamble to the United States Constitution. In history, we can go back to Capt. John Smith and his colonial militia, and to George Washington who, three times, served his country and then went back to his civilian pursuits. To him, VMI epitomizes
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