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Visitors to the America Supports You booth at the "Thunder Over Louisville" festival in Louisville, Ky., write messages of support on postcards for servicemembers deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan, April 22, 2006. Louisville became an America Supports You partner April 21, 2006, as part of the kick-off for this year's Kentucky Derby Festival.

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Visitors to the America Supports You booth at the "Thunder Over Louisville" festival in Louisville, Ky., write messages of support on postcards for servicemembers deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan, April 22, 2006. Louisville became an America Supports You partner April 21, 2006, as part of the kick-off for this year's Kentucky Derby Festival.

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