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From the University of Vermont:

The Leahy Public Policy Forum at the University of Vermont is an exchange of ideas and perspectives on major US public policy issues of the 20th and 21st century, especially those in which Senator Patrick Leahy was closely involved during his impactful 48-year career in the US Senate.

The forum seeks to engage the university community and the people of Vermont with thought leaders in the national and global arenas, subject area experts, and first-hand accounts of relevant history. The forum is sponsored and hosted by UVM’s Patrick Leahy Honors College. 

For more information visit: www.uvm.edu/honorscollege/leahy-public-policy-forum

Keynote Lecture

• Hosted by David Jenemann, Dean of the Patrick Leahy Honors College
• UVM President Patricia Prelock - Introductory Remarks
• Senator Patrick Leahy - Remarks and Keynote Speaker Introduction
• Remarks by David Maraniss, author of "They Marched into Sunlight: War and Peace, Vietnam and America, October 1967," and Associate Editor of The Washington Post
• Audience Q&A

From the Vermont Peace/Antiwar Coalition and Burlington WILPF:

Vermont Peace/Antiwar Coalition and Burlington WILPF will be commemorating the 79th anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki at 11 am at the BCA Center on Church St in Burlington on August 6th, the day the atomic bomb was dropped on the city of Hiroshima in Japan in 1945. Several speakers will be bringing attention to the horrors of the past with the intention that they never happen again. Members of the coalition will lead a dramatic reading of House Resolution 77 “Embracing the goals and provisions of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons,” introduced by Representative Jim McGovern (D-MA) with 43-cosponsors. Many Vermonters recognize the tenuous times in which we live, and the all-too-real threat of nuclear war. We are inviting our congressional representatives to raise their voices with us at this critical time in history.

Dennis McMahon speaks with MSG (Master Sgt) Courtney Weisert of the Vermont National Guard about service, recruitment, career opportunities, and benefits of joining the VT National Guard.

For more information visit: www.vt.public.ng.mil

The Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 782 host a Memorial Day Commemoration at Battery Park in Burlington. Program includes a welcome, the National Anthem, remarks, and Taps.

Speakers include:

• Welcome - VFW Post 782 Commander, Mark Hughes
• National Anthem - music performed by Larry Solt
• Mayor Mulvaney-Stanak's remarks offered by her Chief of Staff, Erin Jacobson
• Senator Bernie Sanders' remarks offered by Haley Pero, Outreach Director
• Congresswoman Becca Balaint's remarks offered by Owen Doherty, Military and Veteran Affairs
• Hymn to the Fallen, by John Williams, performed by Larry Solt
• Closing remarks - Commander Hughes
• Special remarks by Sue Brennan, VFW Post 782 Auxiliary President
• Taps - performed by Larry Solt