Some attendees feel duped by group's Veterans Day event

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By Geoff Cunningham Jr.
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Sunday, November 15, 2009

Some members of local veterans groups who attended an "Every Day is Veterans Day" ceremony Nov. 8 in Berwick, Maine, said they were surprised to find it was a kickoff for a new Maine affiliate of the national Oath Keepers organization, which has been described as part of a rebirth of the nation's right-wing militia movement.

An August report from the Southern Poverty Law Center describes the parent organization as a "particularly worrisome example of the Patriot revival," involving groups with a virulent anti-government sentiment ...

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