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Walter Anderson, a retired veteran, spent 30 years in service to his country. Every morning of those 30 years, Anderson, got himself up, and to his duties, as an enlisted member of the United States Army. On the morning of Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2008, it took Walter Anderson’s wife, a recreational therapist, a volunteer coordinator, and a handicap accessable van, and two gracious poll workers, to get the 74-year-old from his residence in the nursing ward of the Dorn VA Medical Center, in Columbia, S.C., to the polls at Burnside Elementery, a mere two miles away, but they did it, and at 10:40am Walter Anderson cast his ballot in the 2008 Presidential Election. It is my belief that if Walter Anderson can go to work in service of his country every day for 30 years as a member of the United States Army, so that all of us could have the ability to vote, and still make it to the polls no matter what the effort involved, there should be no excuse for anyone else. Go VOTE!
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OMG! Nick what a fabulous story and the pictures say so much! You are great!!
Hi Brett!
My name is Kim and I work right next to Angie up here in DC (doing the weather) I enjoyed reading your blg and seeing the pics… do you blog for you or for work? (I’m thinking for you, because you can tell you really care!) I sent you a “friendship invite” in our little blogging network; I hope you’ll accept! Don’t stay up too late (says the meteorologist who has to be up in a few hours!) Have a great night.
–Weather Kim in DC
PS – if you’re bored, you can pick my outfit that I wear on tv in the morning: my red state outfit or blue state outfit… all in my blog.
Traffic Angie and Weather Kim,
Thanks for your kind words. After a day and a half of rest, and easy office work, I think I have recovered from election day. Glad I’m developing a fan base up in the D.C. Metro Area! To answer your question Kim, I keep this blog up for myself, those that I photograph, and those who share my love of photography, as an additional way to share information, and get peoples stories out there.
-Photo Brett