MONDAY Â Â EDITION
ADDISON COUNTY
INDEPENDENT
Vol. 26 No. 14
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Cornwall  site  hosts  event  to  honor  and  help  veterans By  JOHN  FLOWERS CORNWALL  —  Morrie  Jones  was  hanging  out  with  a  bunch  of  friends  several  months  ago,  won- dering  if  there  would  be  a  parade  for  Vermont’s  returning  military Â
veterans. “We  decided  we  were  tired  of  waiting  for  the  parade  and  decid- ed  we  would  have  it  ourselves,�  Jones  said. (See  Jamboree,  Page  20)
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By  ZACH  DESPART BRISTOL  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  Posters  line  the  walls  of  Rick  Desordaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  classroom.  They  were  made  by  the  Mount  Abraham  Union  High  School  history  teacherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  students,  and  explain  key  terms  and  ¿JXUHV IURP WKH 9LHWQDP :DU ² WKH Tet  Offensive,  Lyndon  B.  Johnson,  the  Silent  Majority,  Kent  State. For  the  students,  these  people,  places  and  events  mark  a  distant  time  in  the  past,  decades  before  they  were  born.  But  when  Desorda  was  their  age,  events  from  halfway  DURXQG WKH ZRUOG ÂżJXUHG JUHDWO\ LQ his  future.
The  Bristol  native  graduated  from  Mount  Abraham  Union  High  School  in  1971,  during  the  waning  years  of  the  Vietnam  War.  He  then  registered  for  the  Selective  Service  System,  as  required  by  law. â&#x20AC;&#x153;By  the  June  of  â&#x20AC;&#x2122;71  I  turned  18,  and  by  September  I  was  involved  in  a  draft  lottery,â&#x20AC;?  Desorda  recalled  last  week.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;I  now  had  a  real  interest  in  what  was  going  on.â&#x20AC;? Ultimately,  Desorda  was  not  draft- ed.  He  earned  a  bachelorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  degree  at  02817 $%5$+$0 81,21 +LJK 6FKRRO KLVWRU\ WHDFKHU 5LFN 'HVRUGD Johnson  State  College  and  complet- LV UHWLULQJ DIWHU \HDUV DW WKH VFKRRO 'HVRUGD LV DOVR D 0RXQW $EH ed  his  graduate  studies  at  Castleton  JUDGXDWH ,QGHSHQGHQW SKRWR 7UHQW &DPSEHOO (See  Desorda,  Page  32)