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Years in the making, this new theater setting for Atlantis is as dramatic as it is breathtaking. And as of this weekend, it is open to everyone.

Atlantis is the focal point of a $100 million, 90,000-square-foot attraction containing four multimate media and cinematic productions and more than 60 interactive experiences. But the thing you will remember, is that first view of Atlantis, floating in the sky, so close, you can almost touch it.

Central Floridians are fortunate. There are only three space shuttles on exhibit in the world and the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex is one of those places.

Shimmering in orange and gold, just lke the fiery glow of Atlantis reentry into the atmosphere, the giant building housing Atlantis can be see looming in the distance, long before you reach the gate to the space center.

At the entrance, guests are greeted by a full-scale, 184-foot-tall vertical replica of the space shuttles external tank and two solid rocket boosters.

Inside, there is, as every theme park fan expects, the preshow. This one is an informative look at the 30-year space shuttle program and the thousands who made the five space-flown shuttles Columbia, Challenger, Discovery, Atlantis and Endeavour possible.

Finally, the screen disappears and in one of the most dramatic reveals you will ever see, the Atlantis appears, and it is the real thing.

Even former NASA Astronaut James Reilly, who flew in Atlantis and has logged more than 853 hours in space, including 5 spacewalks was amazed at the dramatic setting. Reilly and other astronsauts will also be on hand Saturday for the public grand-opening of the new attraction.

It is really impressive, said Reilly.

The astronaut said he was particulary moved when he first looked up and saw the sun rise across a giant screen that helps with the illusion that Atlantis is still up there, flying in space.

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Mary Sanchez Tribune Media

For an activist, Kathleen Glueck is exceptionally polite. When speaking, she reflexively checks her tone, careful to not monopolize a conversation. After sending me data to make her case, she writes, Dont want to inundate you with too many reference materials cluttering up your email! Bring it on. America needs to hear more from the likes of this Cape Cod grandmother. And they will. Despite her gentle demeanor, Glueck admits she is a dog on a bone about gun violence. There is a reason why. She has eight grandchildren. One was a 4th grader at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., the day Adam Lanza went on his rampage with assault weapons. Gluecks grandson survived. But he heard the entire killing spree the screams, the gunfire, the pleading -- while hiding inside a cabinet meant for storing musical instruments. Lanza killed himself outside the classroom. Grandmothers Against Gun Violence is her something. (Visit the groups website at http://www.capecodgag.org). This is how social change occurs. Bit by bit, voice by voice. As Glueck points out, society didnt always think smoking was bad for the lungs. We didnt always use seatbelts or find it necessary to pick up after our dogs in the park. But people do now, reflexively even, without question. Grandmothers Against Gun Violence began inauspiciously in January, as the creation of another concerned grandmother, Linda Alhart of Cummaquid, Mass. Alhart wrote a letter to her local newspaper after the Newtown murders expressing dismay at the bloodshed. People began to contact her, echoing her desire to create a safer community, asking proposing some outlet for their grief. They began having gatherings that quickly outgrew Alharts living room. You just need a heartbeat to join, they say. The members press the message that they are not against guns, just gun violence. Now, Grandmothers Against Gun Violence more than 100 members. It has pending 501(c)3 status, meaning contributions will be tax deductible. Alhart is looking into forming chapters in other states. And theyve affiliated with Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, along with a few other gun safety groups. Like the handful of mothers who founded MADD, and the bereaved sister behind the breast cancer foundation Susan G. Komen for the Cure, and the father whose passion helped initiate the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, the Grandmothers Against Gun Violence are committed and vow to be tenacious. Grandmothers Against Gun Violence are not itching for a fight with the National Rifle Association. (As it happens, Gluecks father, an avid hunter, was a member.) They are bipartisan and uninterested in belabored dissertations on the Second Amendment. What Glueck wants most is a shift in the American mindset. She wants the people to begin viewing gun deaths as a public policy issue and get behind measures that will address it. Shes especially concerned with the correlations between mass killings and mental health. She wants treatment destigmatized and made more available. For many of the group, this effort is as much for the survivors as for the children and teachers who died at Sandy Hook Elementary. So many there, including Gluecks grandson, were not shot, but it is far from accurate to say they werent wounded. Since time immemorial, people have turned to their elders for guidance, perspective and wisdom. Here is a committed gathering of such people. Im not going to stay silent about this, Glueck said. Not until the day I die. Mary Sanchez is an opinion-page columnist for The Kansas City Star. Readers may write to her at: Kansas City Star, 1729 Grand Blvd., Kansas City, Mo. 64108-1413, or via e-mail at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

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Thursday, July 4, will be a day of barbecues, beaches and booms as we once again celebrate Americas Independence Day.

But before lighting that first firework or throwing those burgers on the grill, lets not forget to honor the memory of our ancestors who helped to establish the great country we live in today. We have freedoms that some other countries will never enjoy.

It is important for all of us to remember that those freedoms werent simply deeded to us.

They were fought for and won, often at a fierce cost.

They were earned 237 years ago by a brave group of patriots who were willing to risk their lives to sign a document, the Declaration of Independence, which would have been their death sentence had the revolution against Great Britain not been successful.

They were won by a rag tag, ill-equipped army that was overmatched in firepower, but not in the desire for independence, and not in leadership thanks to General George Washington.

Our national unity and our liberty was won and defended by common men thrown into uncommon situations in places like Gettysburg, Belleau Wood and Normandy.

Over the past 50 years, our sons and daughters have fought in the marsh paddies of Vietnam, the scorching desert of Iraq and the mountainous terrain of Afghanistan to preserve our liberty and to win freedom for oppressed peoples.

We havent always been as successful as wed like in these endeavors, but our motivation always has been to help those who needed help. We have proven to be the only superpower in the history of mankind who fights its wars to liberate, not to conquer.

The United States remains the worlds greatest hope for freedom and justice. Nowhere else on this planet are individuals accorded the rights to liberty and the avenues to success that are found here.

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