🌱 Why a Virginia teen now stands where Robert E. Lee did

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• Why a Virginia teen now stands where Robert E. Lee did

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Weather forecast:

• Tuesday: Partly sunny and not as cold, with a high of 42 and low of 30 degrees.
• Wednesday: Mostly cloudy, temps: high: 45, low: 31.
• Thursday: Not as cool, becoming breezy, with a high of 57 and low of 30 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• US Capitol statue of teen civil rights leader Barbara Rose Johns to fill Robert E. Lee's place (heraldcourier.com) — Chilhowie gets a brief nod in a linked high school sports roundup, but the main story focuses on Virginia civil rights history reaching the U.S. Capitol. A new statue of teenager Barbara Rose Johns, who led a school walkout over segregation, is replacing the removed statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee, marking a symbolic shift in how Virginia is represented nationally.
   

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🗓 Events Nearby

Tuesday December 16

• Saltville Industrial Development Authority Meeting
  Saltville Town Hall , 217 Palmer Ave , Saltville
  5:00 pm

Wednesday December 17

• Glade Spring Storytime
  Glade Spring Library , 305 N Glade St , Glade Spring
  10:30 am
• Community Day
  Glade Spring Library , 305 N Glade St , Glade Spring
  11:30 am

Thursday December 18

• Art & Audio
  Glade Spring Library , 305 N Glade St , Glade Spring
  4:00 pm

Friday December 19

• Pop-Up Library – Blackwell Chapel Store
  Blackwell Chapel Store , 29351 Rich Valley Rd , Meadowview
  10:30 am
• Friendsmas Girl Dinner
  MVMT: A Boutique Fitness Studio , 223 E Main St , Marion
  6:00 pm
• A Christmas Story (1983) at Friday Flix
  The Lincoln Theatre , 117 E Main St , Marion
  7:00 pm
• A Christmas Story (1983) at Friday Flixs
  The Lincoln Theatre , 117 E Main St , Marion
  7:00 pm

Saturday December 20

• Christmas with The Isaacs
  117 E Main St , Marion
  7:00 pm

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