Village Voices - We don't write papers, we build scrapbooks

I remember when I was in about seventh grade, American Eagle had come out with this shirt in preparation for that election season. The shirt simply read “VOTE”. Now obviously as a seventh grader I know I wasn’t able to vote and wouldn’t be able to vote for many years. But growing up my family put a great emphasis on voting. My sister and I would tag along with my mother as she voted before work each election and if we were lucky, we’d stop for breakfast at McDonalds and as a kid that was a big deal! Now my nephew and nieces join their mother as she votes as the tradition continue...