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Welcome to Let Kids Be Kids advocacy blog. Our goal is to post relevant information that will spark action, discussion and interaction, creating a catalyst for solutions and ideas to impact the challenges we face in our society. We welcome comments, suggestions and submissions in support of those seeking a voice. "…Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgement that something else is more important than fear…"

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Tag: history

The Bloody Hell of Okinawa

Seventy-five years ago, the final great battle of WWII convinced Allied leaders to drop the atomic bomb on Japan. The … More

4th Marine Division, Atomic Bomb, history, Okinawa, Politics, Research, truth, US Marines, WWll

The 1st Marines

Recently I was asked about my time in the Corp ( 8 years in Reserves ). I was in the … More

1st Marine Division, 4th Marine Division, Guadalcanal, history, military history, Oorah, Research, US Marines, USA

DNA from ancient Irish tomb reveals incest and an elite class that ruled early farmers

 Andrew Curry – Science Magazine – June 17, 2020 “Twenty-five kilometers north of Dublin, a masterpiece of Stone Age engineering … More

art, history, Irish history, Neolithic, Newgrange, Passage Tombs, Research, Science, testing, Trinity College

Ancient Yet Cosmopolitan-Our Ancestors

Art, adornment and sophisticated hunting technologies flourished not only in prehistoric Europe but across the globe Gaia Vince – Aeon … More

art, artifacts, Cromagnon, environment, history, Les Eyzies-de-Tayac-Sireuil, Neanderthal, Research, Science

Alfred Betti,Guardian of the City, S.F.F.D.

Back when times were a bit less complicated I had a non human person pal named Sage. She was my … More

California Historiacal Society, Dogs, Friends, historic memory, history, life, S.F.F.D., Sage, San Francisco history, San Francisco Library

Our Racial Pandemic

The following was written, compiled, by an 18 year young lady who is passionately concerned by what she is witnessing … More

Advocacy, Black Lives Matter, Economics, equality, equity, history, involvement, justice, opportunity, parity, Politics, truth, USA

What the five living presidents say about the protests

Compiled by Mariah Kreutter –  June 6, 2020 “As protests against police brutality and systemic racism continued across the nation … More

American unrest, culture, descrimination, equity, history, life, Opinion, parity, Politics, survival, truth, USA

Letter from a Birmingham Jail

16 April 1963 My Dear Fellow Clergymen: While confined here in the Birmingham city jail, I came across your recent … More

culture, Economics, equality, equity, history, Letter from a Birmingham Jail, life, Martin Luther King Jr., Politics, survival, truth, USA

Stacey Abrams: I Know Voting Feels Inadequate Right Now

Just hear me out. By Stacey Abrams “Voting feels inadequate in our darkest moments. I recognize that. When you’re watching … More

culture, history, life, Opinion, Politics, protests, Stacy Abrams, truth, Voting

Imagine you were born in 1900

  On your 14th birthday, World War I starts and ends on your 18th birthday.  22 million people perish in … More

1900, Cold War, Essay, Great Depression, history, Korean War, life, massive deaths, USA, Viet Nam, WWl, WWll

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