Kate Loving Shenk

A witness tree at Devil’s Den presides over the Gettysburg battlefield. There is no official number of remaining trees that stood when cannon and rifle fire erupted in July 1863. Only parts of the battlefield have been surveyed by experts who can identify a 145-year-old tree, and few photographs show trees still standing. There are perhaps a dozen trees alive today that witnessed the day the Civil War came to Gettysburg. (Evening Sun Photo by James Robinson)

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The fight is on to bring a single payer health care delivery system
to Pennsylvania in the form of HB 1660 and SB 300.

Three of us went to the State Capitol bulding in Harrisburg, PA
yesterday to deliver invitations to legislatures for our “Guaranteed
Health Care For All” forum September 18, 2008 at Franklin and Marshall
College.

Jerry and Don took care of House members in 2/3rds of the Capitol and
I delivered the invitations to what is called the Ryan Building and the Main Capitol.

And I got lost.

But there isn’t a more beautiful or interesting place in the world in which to
get lost!

The marble stair wells with brass decorations on the handrails; glass chandeliers,
paintings and portraits as far as my eyes could see, distracted me from the task at hand.

One room that dazzled my mind housed a larger than life statue of Abraham
Lincoln. Behind him was the largest painting I ever saw, which was the
Gettysburg Battlefield at the height of one of the worst wars in the history
of wars, when young men were slaughtered by the thousands.

This painting seemed to capture the horror of the reality of this war, with cannon
fire, and smoke from all the fired weapons and faces of anguish in the throes of
death.

Frankly, I never saw anything like it, and the room was totally empty.

I trust the battle for single payer will go smoother than the Battle of Gettysburg.

Certainly smoother than the denied claims by the Health Insurance Companies which
have demonstrated time and time again that they care nothing for the average American.

Our September forum will plant the seeds for the eventual passage of this bill.

Please see Progressives For Pennsylvania for details.

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Kate Loving Shenk is a writer, healer, musician and the creator
of the e-book called “Transform Your Nursing Career and Discover
Your Calling and Destiny.” The book is designed to stimulate
nurses to love their work and to prevent on-the-job-burnout.
Click here to find out how to order the e-book:
http://www.nursingcareertransformation.com
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