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<div style="text-align:center" align="center">On Memorial Day, join me in remembering those who paid the ultimate price for our freedom</div>
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<div style="text-align:left" align="left">For many, summer is the season of carefree living. Days are spent outside playing in the park, enjoying barbecues at family reunions and hitting summer festivals. It's an easy time to take life's pleasures for granted. But as we approach Memorial Day, it's important to remember that over a million Americans have died serving our country to protect the freedoms we cherish today.<a shape="rect">[1]</a> </div>
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<div style="text-align:left" align="left">While Memorial Day has evolved into a celebration, it is first and foremost a time to remember those who did not come home, and New York has a longstanding commitment to honoring the service members who made the ultimate sacrifice. Waterloo, New York, was recognized as the first town to begin holding annual celebrations in 1866.<a shape="rect">[2]</a> Community members often would lay flowers at the graves of fallen soldiers.<a shape="rect">[3]</a> New York then went on to become the first state to enact Memorial Day, originally titled "Decoration Day," as an official holiday in 1873.<a shape="rect">[4] Now, Memorial Day is recognized as a federal holiday and includes a National Moment of Remembrance at 3 p.m.</a> </div>
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<div style="text-align:left" align="left">"I hope you will join me, wherever you are, in taking a moment of silence at 3pm on Monday for all of those who gave the ultimate sacrifice in Operation Enduring Freedom, Operation Iraqi Freedom, the Gulf War, Panama, Vietnam, Korea, World War II, World War I, and all conflicts dating back to the American Revolution," said Assemblymember Rodneyse Bichotte. </div>
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<div style="text-align:left" align="left">Over the country's history, our own community has lost many brave souls in battle. We can show our respect for our fallen at one of the Memorial Day events planned throughout Brooklyn and New York City. The biggest Memorial Day parade starts at 1pm on Grand Ave. at 72nd St. in Queens on Monday, May 29 at 2pm. The 150-year-old Brooklyn parade starts in Bay Ridge at 78th St and Third Ave at 10am and ends at John Paul Jones Park for the memorial service. Manhattan's Soldiers' and Sailors' Memorial Day Observance takes place at Riverside Dr. and 89th Street at 10am. There's also Staten Island's Memorial Day Parade on Forest Ave and The Bronx's Memorial Day Parade on City Island.</div>
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<div style="text-align:left" align="left">This Memorial Day, let's acknowledge and appreciate the fallen heroes who valiantly defended the liberties and values we hold so dear. To honor their memories, we all must stand united behind the men and women serving in our military today. Let's all hope and pray together that each and every one of them comes home safe. </div>
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<div style="text-align:left" align="left">If you have questions about this or any other community issue, please contact me at 718-940-0428 or bichotter@nyassembly.gov.</div>
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<div><a shape="rect">[1]</a> fas.org/sgp/crs/natsec/RL32492.pdf</div>
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<div><a shape="rect">[2]</a> nytimes.com/2012/05/27/us/many-claim-to-be-memorial-day-birthplace.html</div>
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<div><a shape="rect">[3]</a> waterloony.com/memorial-day/history</div>
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<div><a shape="rect">[4]</a> hallofgovernors.ny.gov/generic/memorialdayexhibit</div>
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<div>Assemblymember Rodneyse Bichotte represents the 42nd Assembly District in the New York State Assembly representing Brooklyn communities of Ditmas Park, Flatbush, East Flatbush and Midwood. She is currently the <strong>Chair of the Subcommittee on Oversight of Minority and Women-Owned Business Enterprises (MWBEs)</strong>, and serves on the following committees: <strong>Housing, Government Operations, Economic Development, Small Businesses, Banks and Social Services</strong>. She is also the <strong>Vice Chair of the NYS Association of Black and Puerto Rican Legislators, and Governor Cuomo's Domestic Violence Advisory Council. </strong></div>
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<div>As the current Assemblymember and District Leader, Rodneyse Bichotte has been outspoken advocate on issues concerning immigration, unemployment, education reform, health care access, senior citizen centers, affordable housing, women's and LGBTQ rights, as well as other issues affecting the quality of life in the community.</div>
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<div><strong>Rodneyse Bichotte by visiting her website at <a style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline" shape="rect" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001JvgYtLec8iZayGYlAnxCVOBBzCZTJTDHqi708y3FEFUfptnGSu9H_z4N7S65YBPOONSRLGzmKh7KOGEqPp8rgBzsvz3u8n1UE4-du6vqI-vvtBb_jjbvR9yjltLPfko0m2sp2uCYs2flkpf_DI9VDcq1V7x4RUEO4d4JlBFH1LlUIxzr-fntX8-xTol9CtY18K3ZwFfdAVsJeCDXuBOiiTnxoW9c1CZqq4GiKHJ3Szq7ddkVLUlZn86rX88KQZ-jA3Auib-vf1-WxlGp9wzN-44Xu12ECzr5F7q3tzDb93UoLB3IobKb2g==&c=ERhaXN18E8CRm2jJO0odO4q-8FphVjh7qzKnG9bTQCfbeAK-nQ2jgw==&ch=PmwdbR-p8kbrdnydJvr640C85BtwCgnCYtBTUXgvQNGg01JGNoaojQ==">www.rodneysebichotte.com</a> or <a style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline" shape="rect" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001JvgYtLec8iZayGYlAnxCVOBBzCZTJTDHqi708y3FEFUfptnGSu9H_xiStlren2TwsUpS15XfWXWTJ841TF8L0GqerGU_7rTkoK9GHDgB2ofMTKMsDIDbTWzQzUQEqYk52ESn-PRtOYVBvUs9jD6iXbkaNPZOmolPb5iRcIohV7aIhs4OHHO2PSWg05BULixWrYWFywRp0DlGisAbqyhTNmUgI0LKGAaBMhyIxVS33QA3GbsLmSngcp2loMD5fOHMPhNYOIz6hW4rXpW5Dxb6LQYzrezkSFmN_Y6n6YCxvOO3kiXPDSTHoYm9DdTNujecagdtuqSsRLPcR9WSHN_waA==&c=ERhaXN18E8CRm2jJO0odO4q-8FphVjh7qzKnG9bTQCfbeAK-nQ2jgw==&ch=PmwdbR-p8kbrdnydJvr640C85BtwCgnCYtBTUXgvQNGg01JGNoaojQ==">http://assembly.state.ny.us/mem/Rodneyse-Bichotte </a></strong></div>
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