News We Love: 102-year-old woman honored for voting for 81 years in a row
News We Love: 102-year-old woman honored for voting for 81 years in a row
CONTINUES. EXACTLY. WELL, LEBANON COUNTY WOMAN WAS HONORED TODAY FOR VOTING 81 YEARS IN A ROW. HOW ABOUT THAT? YEAH, THE LEBANON COUNTY BUREAU OF ELECTIONS GAVE 102 YEAR OLD LORRAINE -- AN AWARD THIS AFTERNOON. SO TO PUT THIS IN A LITTLE PERSPECTIVE FOR YOU. HER FIRST ELECTION, SHE VOTED FOR FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT鈥橲 FOURTH TERM IN 1944. WOW. SHE WAS HONORED TODAY BY THE COUNTY WITH A CAKE, A BASEBALL HAT, A CARD, AND AN ELECTIONS BLANKET. REPRESENTATIVE RUSS DIAMOND ALSO GAVE HER A PROCLAMATION FROM THE HOUSE. VOTING TO ME IS JUST AN IMPORTANT PART OF LIFE. YOU鈥橰E HELPING YOUR GOVERNMENT IN A SMALL WAY. OKAY, GREAT STATEMENT SHE JUST MADE THERE. LORRAINE WAS A ROSIE THE RIVETER. SHE WORKED ON FUSELAGES THAT WERE DAMAGED DURING THE WAR. SHE TURNS 103 IN A NOT TOO FEW DAYS. NOW. A MAY 18TH IS HER BIRTHDAY, SO SHE GOT THE MAY PRIMARY COMING UP A COUPLE DAYS AFTER SHE TURNED. I鈥橫 SURE SHE鈥橪L VOTE AGAIN. SO YEAH, SHE IS A PATRIOT IN SO MANY WAYS. NOT ONLY ROSIE RIVER, BUT WITH HER VOTING RECORD. THAT IS A GOOD STORY. NO, IT鈥橲 A FANTASTIC STORY. SHE VOTED FOR FDR. YEAH, FIRST TIM
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News We Love: 102-year-old woman honored for voting for 81 years in a row
A Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, woman was honored for voting for 81 years in a row.The Lebanon County Bureau of Elections presented 102-year-old Lorraine Koons with an award on Friday afternoon.She got a cake, a baseball hat, a card and an elections blanket.State Rep. Russ Diamond also gave her a proclamation from the House.To put it in perspective: In her first election, Koons voted for Franklin Roosevelt's fourth term in 1944."Voting, to me, is just an important part of life. You're helping your government in a small way," she said.Koons was a Rosie the Riveter. She worked on fuselages that were damaged during World War II.She turns 103 on May 18.
LEBANON COUNTY, Pa. —
A Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, woman was honored for voting for 81 years in a row.
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The Lebanon County Bureau of Elections presented 102-year-old Lorraine Koons with an award on Friday afternoon.
She got a cake, a baseball hat, a card and an elections blanket.
State Rep. Russ Diamond also gave her a proclamation from the House.
To put it in perspective: In her first election, Koons voted for Franklin Roosevelt's fourth term in 1944.
"Voting, to me, is just an important part of life. You're helping your government in a small way," she said.
Koons was a Rosie the Riveter. She worked on fuselages that were damaged during World War II.
She turns 103 on May 18.