On Memorial Day, Norton Honors D.C. Servicemembers Who Gave Their Lives Without Full Equality

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today released the following statement honoring the tremendous sacrifices of District of Columbia servicemembers who lost their lives while serving in the armed forces and their families:

"Each Memorial Day, District of Columbia residents remember a unique group of our nation's heroes who have given their lives to protect freedom, even freedom they do not enjoy themselves. Thousands of D.C. servicemembers have paid the ultimate sacrifice for their country despite being denied the full and equal rights enjoyed by their fellow Americans in the states. As citizens from the District of Columbia continue to fight for freedom around the world, the best way for our country to honor their service would be to give them a vote in the very chamber that decides whether they go to war and control of their local affairs. They have earned statehood."