Vermont must pass the Defend the Guard Act

Dear Editor, As a student at Vergennes Union High School, I drive by the Vermont National Guard Armory every day on my way to school. When practicing emergency evacuation drills, students line up and walk across the street into the armory. As in many other communities, the Vermont Guard is integrated into our lives. This is why legislation known as the Defend the Guard Act, introduced as H.355 in the latest legislative biennium, is a bill that Vermont communities and legislators shoul