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Thanks for sharing this. We can each make a difference. And we must each try to.

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Ken, amazing depth re this subject. Thank you for your continued contribution on so many fronts. Very much applaud all you are doing for so many!!

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Thanks so much Barb.

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That's a powerful piece on Norman Rockwell. Thank you for writing it.

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Excellent article about Norman Rockwell. Always loved his work and enjoyed the museum. I never knew this about him. Thank you!

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Thanks for sharing your visit to Massachusetts, Ken.

Let's change the world, one by one!!

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One column at a time.

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Thanks Ken for the Norman Rockwell piece and the reminder of his association with the civil rights movement. One correction concerning James Cheney---he's from Meridian Mississippi. Also NYS named a small mountain outside of Tupper Lake after Andy Goodman.

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Yes, John C, the family I referenced above is the Goodmans. Thanks for reminding me about the naming. I'm old and forget what I don't remember!

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I knew that. All fixed.

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Home run! It’s har d to keep a column m ‘s gun loaded every time, even harder to get right. You’re doing it. Thanks.

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Great compliment. Thank you.

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Ken: Thanks for Norman Rockwell, the flip side of the artist. Picture this: June 2003, during her last of many trips to US, my Munich friend spent the whole two weeks with me. Previously in a group by plane, train or bus; for her first time in New England, we drove from NYCity and visited the NRock museum. In Fall 2007, during a minibus tour by The Five Heidis, women friends from Switzerland, we also visited the Rockwell residence in Vermont, as well as the museum in Stockbridge. During both trips, the visitors learned that 1. slavery was not only a Southern phenomenon and that 2. continuing racism has always been the unhealed scar on America's reputation. Thanks for another senior memory jog. Keep up the good work, Ken.

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The hate mail that Rockwell received should remind us all that we have made progress. I think.

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PS: I will share the photo with the historic Beth Joseph Synagogue in Tupper Lake NY. They have a commemoration of the Freedom Riders, one of whom was a Summer resident-family' son. Don't recall seeing that photo there. Site is seasonal, so if anyone wants to visit, call ahead!

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Norman Rockwell certainly left his imprint on America. My dad, who practiced law, did some legal work for him many years ago and he paid with a signed piece of art work. Of course my brother's family now has it. I loved how he captured events in time and issues for all to reflect upon. My wife and I have visited the Norman Rockwell Museum a number of times over the years and it always inspires us. Thank you Ken

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Oh my, Can’t he let you borrow it for awhile. And if you forget to return it, oh well.

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Sadly, he has passed on, and my sister in law cherishes it. It has a good home.

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So interesting to read your column about Norman Rockwell I grew up looking forward to seeing his latest painting because what he painted captured the craziness and bigotry of the times far better than words in the papers, news broadcasts and news reels of the day. (I guess that dates me). We are still dealing with that craziness but in a different form. Just imagine what he would paint today.

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That would be fascinating!

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I should like to visit that Museum again because rediscovering him would be an absolute pleasure. I never quite made the connection of his fighting racism. Only thought of him as a wonderful, talented, insightful artist.

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Always loved his work even as a girl. I never knew all of this about him. Wow Thanks for sharing. What a powerful painting! I have never seen that one. Wow

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Thank you for the writing on Norman Rockwell. That was very interesting.

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