BROOKLYN, Iowa — Every May, Brooklyn’s Civil War veterans would gather at the school.
They’d march through the neighborhoods to Brooklyn Memorial Cemetery in order to honor their dead companions.
“It’s always been emotional to me,” Stanley Walford, 83, told me when I met him and other Brooklyn veterans of other wars last week.
“After all those years, [...]
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5/23 column: Veterans’ dedication endures
Posted in Gazette Columns, Uncategorized, tagged Brooklyn, Iowa, Memorial Day, veterans on May 26, 2009 | Comments Off
4/4 Column: A reasonable, Iowan, decision for gay marriage
Posted in Gazette Columns, tagged gay marriage, Iowa, Iowa Supreme Court on April 3, 2009 | 25 Comments »
Janelle Rettig is making plans to amend her tax returns, even though it means she’ll probably have to fork over more money.
It will be worth it, because for the first time in her 25-year relationship, she’ll soon be able to call herself married.
Rettig and Robin Butler were married in Canada more than five years ago. [...]
