Blogger Profile: Mélida Arredondo
Mélida Arredondo is a peace activist together with her husband Carlos Arredondo, and stepmother of Alex and Brian Arredondo.
May 30th, 2010
On Memorial Day, many families can't forget the wars
Memorial Day has a distinct meaning for the veterans who have served in Iraq and Afghanistan and the families of the 5,400 Americans who have died in these wars.Just ask Carlos Arredondo, whose son Lance Cpl. Alexander Arredondo was one of seven Marines killed in the battle of Najaf in ...
December 9th, 2009
The Afghan War Through a Marine Mother's Eyes
Nearly everything is a sad reminder for Mélida Arredondo: the news on TV, stories in the paper, speeches of Barack Obama and others who talk about a war that seems to have lasted so long and affected so many lives, those lost as well as those left behind."Did your son ...