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Veterans Day service for Tech Sgt. Matlovich

November 9th, 2009 | Photography | Posted by Sheila

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The SLDN (Servicemembers Legal Defense Network) held a memorial service in honor of Veterans Day at the grave site of Tech Sgt. Leonard Matlovich, "one of the first to challenge the military’s exclusion of GLBT people from the armed forces," at the Congressional Cemetery in Washington, D.C., on Sunday, November 8, 2009.

The SLDN (Servicemembers Legal Defense Network) held a memorial service in honor of Veterans Day at the gravesite of Tech Sgt. Leonard Matlovich, "one of the first to challenge the military’s exclusion of GLBT people from the armed forces," at the Congressional Cemetery in Washington, D.C., on Sunday, Nov. 8, 2009.

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  1. Michael Bedwell Says:
    November 9th, 2009 at 7:16 pm

    It was great of SLDN to do this. However, Leonard was NOT “one of the first to challenge the military’s exclusion of GLBT people from the armed forces” but THE first. Further information about that can be found at the link below to coverage of the memorial for him on October 10th featuring
    several veterans. I particularly recommend the video of the remarks by former Navy Lt. Tracy Thorne-Begland.

    Thank you.

    http://www.leonardmatlovich.com/oct10thdcmemorial.html

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