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Puerto Vallarta News NetworkEditorials | Issues | March 2008 

Mexican-American Man Makes U.S. History
email this pageprint this pageemail usRandolph Cabral - Kansas Braille Transcription Institute, Inc.


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American Flag (color): This fully tactile graphic depicts the current fifty-star United States flag in full color. The embossed tactile figures on the left hand side are the stars, each of which represents one of the current fifty States; the stars are white on a blue canton. The long tactile horizontal red stripes on the right are labeled with the lower case "r" at the far right end. Between each of the red stripes are horizontal white stripes, which are labeled with the lower case "w" at the far right end. There are thirteen stripes, which represent the thirteen British colonies in North America, which became the first states of the newly independent republic after the American Revolution. The pledge of allegiance is displayed in large print over the red and white stripes, in alternating black and white lettering, and is also written in standard-font English literary Braille code on the red stripes. Immediately beneath the flag is a "key" in English literary Braille code. (Kansas Braille Transcription Institute, Inc.)
 
My dad, Jesus Sanchez Cabral, was born in Zacatecas, Mexico. He arrived in the United States of America as a young boy. After growing up, he entered the Army Air Corps during World War Two. He served for five years, fought in Europe, Africa, and in the South Pacific. He earned several medals while in the military.

He returned to the U.S. following the end of the war. He married and raised 10 children. Ten years prior to his death he became blind, the result of glaucoma. Glaucoma is a leading cause of blindness among "Hispanics."

His love of the American flag led one of his sons, Randolph Cabral, to found the Kansas Braille Transcription Institute. An Institute devoted to helping the blind and low vision.

In 2004, Randolph wanted to honor his dad’s memory so he set out to design an American flag that can be seen by people who are blind. The flag that he created allows the blind to see not only the stars and stripes, but all the colors of the flag too. He named the flag the "Tactile Braille American Flag."

Earlier this year, the Arlington National Cemetery authorized a monument of the flag to be placed in the visitor’s center of the cemetery as a tribute to blind veterans of all wars, and all other blind Americans. It is estimated there are more than one million blind and low vision veterans, of an estimated twelve million blind and low vision Americans.

This past February, in the United States Congress, the House of Representatives heard Bill 4619, called the Braille American Flag Memorial Act, to give congressional recognition of it being placed at Arlington. The Bill passed unanimously.

Last week, a Bill was being drafted on the Senate side. The flag is being cast in bronze by the Truxes Company in Illinois, the owner of the company, now deceased, was a World War II veteran, and a POW. The computer aided drawing of the flag being cast was designed by Kevin West, who was recently returned from fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan following being injured there.

The Kansas Braille Transcription Institute, Inc. is a non-profit corporation dedicated to serving the visually impaired through the operation of an innovative Braille transcription center. For more information, visit KBTI.org
Hombre México-Americano Destaca Historia en EEUU
Randolph Cabral - Kansas Braille Transcription Institute, Inc.

Mi padre, Jesús Sánchez Cabral nació en Zacatecas México. El llego a los Estados Unidos de Ámerica en su niñez. Después de crecer, el ingreso a la unidad de las fuerzas armadas - Army Air Corps, durante al segunda guerra mundial. El presto sus servicios por 5 años, peleando en Europa, África y en el Pacifico del Sur. Le premiaron con varias medallas durante su servicio en la militaría.

El regreso a los EEUU a finales de la Guerra. Se caso y crió a 10 hijos. Diez años antes de su muerte, él desarrollo ceguera como resultado de glaucoma. El glaucoma es la causa principal de ceguera entre "Hispanos." Su amor por la bandera Estadounidense condujo a que uno de sus hijos, Randolph Cabral fundara el Kansas Braille Transcription Institute, (Instituto de Transcripción de Cecografía de Kansas) un instituto dedicado a asistir a ciegos y aquellos que padecen de visión limitada.

En el 2004, Randolph quiso enaltecer la memoria de su padre, y se lanzo a diseñar una bandera Estadounidense que pudiera ser mirada por gentes ciegas. La bandera que el diseño permite que los ciegos no únicamente miren las estrellas y las rayas, sino también todos los colores de la bandera. Él nombro la bandera "Tactile Braille American Flag" "La Bandera Americana Táctil."

A principios de este año el Cementerio Nacional en Arlington autorizo que un monumento de esta bandera fuera colocado en el centro de visitantes del cementerio como un homenaje a todos los Veteranos ciegos de todas las guerras, al igual que a todos los norteamericanos que padecen de ceguera. Se aproxima que hay - más de un millón de norteamericanos que padecen con ceguera o vista limitada.

Este pasado febrero, el Congreso Estadounidense, en la Cámara de Representantes escucho la Iniciativa 4619, titulada Braille American Flag Memorial Act - Pacto de Homenaje a la Bandera Americana Braile - para obtener el reconocimiento congresiónal y poderla colocar en Arlington, la iniciativa fue aprobada unánimemente.

La semana pasada una propuesta similar fue convocada a nivel Estatal. La bandera sera fundida en bronce por la empresa Truxes Company en Illinois, el dueño de la empresa, ahora finido, fue veterano de la Segunda Guerra Mundial y un POW - Prisionero de Guerra.

El dibujo realizado con la ayuda de computadoras fue diseño de Kevin West, quien recientemente fue reingresado después de haber luchado en Irak y Afganistán; donde recibió lesiones.



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