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Omaha Schools Reject Traveling Tribute To Fallen Soldiers

The Millard Public Schools district in Omaha won’t allow its schools to display a traveling tribute to Nebraska’s fallen soldiers.

Bill Williams and his wife, Evonne, launched “Remembering Our Fallen” in January 2011. It honors the servicemen and women with Nebraska ties who have died in Iraq and Afghanistan.

The tribute has made weeklong visits to courthouses, libraries, hospitals and at least 10 schools. It’s at Syracuse High School in southeast Nebraska this week.

District spokeswoman Rebecca Kleeman told the Lincoln Journal Star that logistics were a problem. And she said the district is concerned about setting a precedent.

Kleeman says the district’s lawyers say that if the “Remembering Our Fallen” tribute is displayed, any group with an opposing viewpoint could demand similar space for a similar duration.

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