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Letter to the Editor: Think about what your vote will mean

As I sit alone in my beautiful sunroom looking at the trees and sunlit cloudy sky, missing my husband who died in March of this year, I am thankful for all the men and women, black and white who gave their lives to save the world from fascism in the 1940s. I think of all the families who mourned the loss of their loved ones as they died on the shores of France, the hills and dales of Germany, the islands of the Pacific, etc.

My question and concern is how can my fellow country men and women forget so easily the tremendous sacrifice that was made to save us. How can people go to the cemeteries and supposedly pay respect for the fallen men and women and turn around and support a person who called all the deceased "losers?"

Even though an action of my husband occurred in 2016, it is still vivid in my memory. The only time I can recall when my husband, Chester, slammed a door, was on election night of 2016. Since I went to bed before him and was asleep I was awakened by the slamming of the bathroom door. When I went to him and asked what was the matter, he replied,"Trump won."

My husband was depressed for many reasons: losing his vision, the pandemic, but most of all the many racist, homophobic words and actions by the former president, the mob climbing on the Capitol building and threatening the vice president and the speaker of the House, the claim by so many that the election was stolen, the tactics to delay the court cases, the lies still expressed by some, the way some members of Congress follow the orders of one man rather than the needs of their constituents. He could not understand how one man who had been accused of so many crimes was still walking free and could be the nominee of a major political party. He could not understand how anyone in their right mind could vote for him.

If any one wishes to truly remember and honor him, Chester, they will surely think seriously as they vote this November for the president of the United States.

Margaret Meeker

Williamstown