Lorena acquired national attention at the 1988 Democratic National Convention in Atlanta , Georgia , where the keynote address was delivered by Ann Richards , state treasurer and later Governor . As she called for the election of Governor Michael Dukakis of Massachusetts and U.S. Senator Lloyd M. Bentsen of Texas as President and Vice President of the United States , Richards read a letter from an unnamed young mother in Lorena who described herself as " forgotten " by the national leadership
1988 Democratic National Convention
1988 Democratic National Convention
Lorena, Texas