July 27 is Korean War Veterans’ Day — a deeply personal day for Senator Yonah Martin.
Her family immigrated to Canada from South Korea in 1972. She credits the United Nations-led force (including tens of thousands of Canadians) that pushed the communist forces back above the 38th parallel in 1950 with saving the fledging South Korean democracy and giving her family the right to live in freedom and greater prosperity.
With this history in mind, Martin introduced her first public bill, the Korean War Veterans Day Act (S-213), in 2012. Her bill became law on June 19, 2013, in time for July 27th that year to mark the 60th anniversary of the Korean War Armistice
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