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KENNEDY SHRIVER, Eunice: "Extra Mile" plaque in Washington, D.C.
Address: G St NW between 14th & 15th Sts Nearest Metro: Federal Triangle (Orange - Blue)
(dcMem ID #727)
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Eunice Kennedy Shriver
WHEN EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER FOUNDED SPECIAL OLYMPICS IN 1968, SHE ENVISIONED A PROGRAM OF ATHLETIC COMPETITION FOR PEOPLE WITH MENTAL RETARDATION THAT SIDELINED PREJUDICE AND SUBSTITUTED OPPORTUNITY AND UNDERSTANDING. THROUGH HER ADVOCACY, SHE HAS BROUGHT TO MILLIONS OF LIVES WHAT ALL PEOPLE DESERVE: A CHANCE TO CONNECT WITH THEIR FELLOW MAN, A CHANCE TO LIVE A LIFE WITHOUT WALLS.
"Special Olympics athletes are spokespersons for freedom itself -- they ask for the freedom to live, the freedom to belong, the freedom to contribute, the freedom to have a chance. And, of all the values that unite and inspire us to seek a better world, no value holds a higher place than the value of freedom."
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