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Episode 32: American Democracy Minute for May 30, 2022: On Memorial Day, Remembering our Fallen Soldiers - and Teachers
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On Memorial Day, some thoughts about civic duty.
As we know, local volunteer militias supplemented a professional military during and after the American Revolution, but there was no draft until the Civil War, when national conscription was attempted, but met with an angry public uprising. But drafts in subsequent wars – calling men and women to do their “civic duty” continued until 1973, when military service again became voluntary.
We at the American Democracy Minute thank all those men & women…
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