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The Carillon and Pump House – Remembering Tragedy, Choosing a Different Present

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In the heart of Richmond’s Byrd Park, a simple 3-mile walking loop invites us to do something powerful: remember. At the Virginia War Memorial Carillon and the historic Byrd Park Pump House, the land itself holds stories of profound loss—stories that echo across generations. For those of us who join the Walk for Peace RVA, […]

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Cold Harbor: 7000 Casualties in an Hour And What We Owe Them

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The sun had barely risen over the Virginia countryside on June 3, 1864, when tens of thousands of Union soldiers fixed their bayonets and prepared to charge. They had done this before — at the Wilderness, at Spotsylvania, at a dozen smaller engagements that had bled the Army of the Potomac across the spring. But

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