(long overdue) Military honors planned for Cesar Chavez, Navy vet

[Blue_Tires]

Builder 2nd Class Marco Valdovinos has been to many a funeral.

As the funeral guard district coordinator for Navy Operational Support Center Moreno Valley, Calif. where he oversees a team of 35 funeral honor guardsmen, he has rendered honors for veterans, active-duty service members and those killed in action — some 6,500 funerals in the past five years.

But come Thursday, he'll take part in a ceremony that hits close to home. He'll help render final military honors for Cesar Chavez, the legendary labor organizer, civil rights activist and Navy veteran.

Not long ago, Valdovinos went to see the film Cesar Chavez, a biography directed by Diego Luna. It mentioned that Chavez spent two years in the Navy, from 1944 to 1946, hoping to learn skills that would help him later in his civilian life. At the time, however, Mexican-American sailors could only serve as deckhands and painters, and Chavez got out as quickly as he could, calling it "the worst two years of my life."

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/04/19/military-honors-planned-for-cesar-chavez/26042037/

[libdem4life]

1. Wonderful. Had no idea. He was the Mexican Rosa Parks. Also Rosie Castro, mother of Julian

and Joaquin, was a part of this movement. I hope they make it.

[madokie]

2. I really really like the Castro Brothers/Twins

I hope to see one of them in the oval office one day. Oh and not as a guest of whoever is the president either but rather as a guest of us the people by way of winning the election to that office.

[libdem4life]

4. Absolutely. Julian is after the White House, I believe, and will likely be seriously considered for

VP Candidate. Joaquin...I'm betting he has the Texas Governorship in mind. If and when that happens, Texas starts to turn purple.

[Omaha Steve]

3. K&R!