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PenelopeY

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Dog-and wildlife-loving writer & yogini on Maryland's beautiful Eastern Shore entertaining myself with history, travel, genealogy, gardens, kayaking, good books, good food, and fitness. Angry optimist.

  1. “Our history is being held hostage by a regime that believes it has the authority to control how we think about our history and what it means to be a citizen of the United States of America” New National Park Service Exhibit at the Thomas Jefferson Memorial Temporarily Halted by Trump Administration

    My early morning runs in Washington, DC always include a swing around the tidal basin for a quick stop at the Thomas Jefferson Memorial. It’s one of my favorite memorials in our nation’s capital.

    New National Park Service Exhibit at the Thomas Jefferson Memorial Temporarily Halted by Trump Administration

    My early morning runs in Washington, DC always include a swing around the tidal basin for a quick stop at the Thomas Jefferson Memorial. It’s one of my favorite memorials in our nation’s capital.

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  2. Statue of Confederate General Albert Pike To Be Reinstalled in DC open.substack.com/pub/kevinmle...

    Served with the side that lost the war. Committed war crimes. Thought to have been involved with the KKK? This is a purposeful slap in the the face to many.

    Today the National Park Service announced that it is in the process of restoring a statue of Albert Pike, which was pulled down from its pedestal in Washington, DC’s Judiciary Square in the summer of ...

    Statue of Confederate General Albert Pike To Be Reinstalled in DC

    Today the National Park Service announced that it is in the process of restoring a statue of Albert Pike, which was pulled down from its pedestal in Washington, DC’s Judiciary Square in the summer of ...

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