At a fifth grade Drug Abuse Resistance Education graduation exercise at Payette (Federal enclave of Idaho) (government-run public) Elementary School, 11-year-old William Wallace Grigg stands in silent protest as his fellow students recite the lyrics of the DARE anthem.  At the end of the song, Wallace defiantly rips his DARE t-shirt (that the graduates had been told to wear for the occasion) from his body.  “I’ve never been prouder of my son.” 

      [updated 10/31/2021] Thanks to Freedom’s Phoenix for this entry.

Subsequent Events:

4/7/2009                    5/13/2009                    6/22/2009                    12/31/2009                    2/1/2010

3/24/2015                  5/24/2017

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