In memory of Rachel Corrie. April 10,1979 - March 16,2003

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26. And we, in the United States, should remember Nan Freeman ... Morning Glory ...

http://www.wusf.usf.edu/news/2012/01/26/how_one_teenage_student_in_fla._became_the_first_martyr_of_cesar_chavez_farm_workers

Forty years ago this week, a teenage freshmen at New College of Florida became the first of five martyrs of Cesar Chavez’ United Farm Workers.
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One is Nan Freeman, an 18-year-old who was killed while picketing at a sugar mill in Palm Beach County.

At school, people called her "Morning Glory,” because they liked to say she made their mornings glorious.
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On January 25, 1972 Nan Freeman was picketing with farm workers at the Talisman Sugar Plant in Belle Glade, the southern shore of Lake Okeechobee.
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At 3:15 in the morning, a strike-breaker who may or may not have had experience driving the 70,000 pound trucks hauling sugar cane hit and killed Nan, while turning into the sugar mill.
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The movement's leader, Cesar Chavez, wrote a eulogy for Freeman.
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“Dear Mrs. & Mrs. Freeman, we are gathered here at our headquarters at La Paz to honor your daughter Nan, who lost her life while serving farm workers. There are no words to say what we have in our hearts. We would lighten your pain if we could. We can only express our solidarity and promise to remember Nan's immeasurable gift and to work harder to make our farm workers movement worthy of her love and her sacrifice."

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