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PunkinPi

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2. I'm a Maryland transplant, moved here in 2004, but...

Reply to underpants (Reply #1)

Thu Sep 2, 2021, 12:46 PM

Sep 2021

the first time I was in Richmond (before I moved to VA) was with my parents to protest the war in Iraq. The march led us down Monument Ave. I was stunned by all the revere for traitors, I mean I know Richmond was the heart of the confederacy, but to see it in person was breathtaking and eye opening.

Times are a changing and I'm glad to see it.

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