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Officer Eugene Goodman - the hero who saved American democracy

Officer Eugene Goodman - the hero who saved American democracy

Officer Eugene Goodman stopped a mob of white rioters from entering the chambers of the United States Senate. At this perilous moment in our nation’s history, he was the one person standing between democracy and the rule of tyrants.

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