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Smithsonian’s new museum It’s not just hype.

After 100 years of hopes and plans, the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and We’re not a Culture finally opened on burden on America or a the National Mall this stain on America or an object of past weekend. shame and pity for America. We are President Barack America. And that’s what this museum Obama dedicated explains. Hopefully, this museum the museum that makes us talk to each other and has 37,000 “things”, listen to each other and see about 3,000 of which are each other.” - BHO on display at any one time.

Unlike some African-American history museums, this museum is not a static collection of documents or pictures.

It has the vivid objects of life –- shoes and typewriters, tape recorders and banjos, cradles, medals, costumes, airplanes, cars, shackles, washtubs and teapots. Some objects are profoundly sad. Some are educational. Some are just plain fun. See more inside and on legacynewspaper.com.

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Va. Republican ‘plot’ to ban “violent felons” from voting LAUREN VICTORIA BURKE Republicans in Virginia are moving to keep “violent felons” from voting forever in their latest effort to reduce the number eligible voters in the commonwealth.

Under a proposed constitutional amendment by Virginia Senate Majority Leader Tommy Norment (R-James City), voting rights for nonviolent felons would be automatically restored after they paid restitution, court fees and fines and other “costs assessed by the court,” but violent offenders would never be allowed to vote again.

“This amendment would guarantee those who have their right to vote restored are truly deserving of that

second chance,” Norment said in a recent statement.

The Virginia Senate majority leader’s amendment also deals with the legal question of what defines a “violent felon” and who sets the legal definition. In the case of Norment’s amendment, the definition would be decided by the Virginia General Assembly.

Norment’s proposed amendment, Virginia Senate Joint Resolution 223, “would restore the right to vote to those convicted of nonviolent felonies, provided they have completed the entirety of their sentence and any probation, and have paid in full any fines, court costs, and restitution. The amendment also assigns to the

Rep. Bobby Scott General Assembly the responsibility of defining offenses that would be classified as violent. Those convicted of violent felonies would not be qualified to vote.”

During a recent conference call with reporters, Virginia Democratic Party Chair Susan Swecker said that the amendment was “a disgrace” and a blatant attempt to block Virginia residents from voting.

“Violent and non-violent is a fuzzy line,” said Rep. Bobby Scott (D-Va.) on the conference call about Norment’s amendment.

“Traditionally, in Virginia, a drug

violation would be defined as a ‘violent offense.’”

Another potentially daunting aspect of Norment’s amendment is that it requires felons to pay court fees and other administrative costs.

Many argue that if a person has to pay money for the right to cast a ballot, it’s effectively a form of poll tax.

The original Jim Crow laws of the South were state and local laws that were put in place to maintain racial segregation in the South. Most were enacted after Reconstruction and were finally brought to an end with the Civil Rights Act in 1964 and the Voting Rights Act in 1965.

Under Norment’s amendment the governor would lose the power to reinstate voting rights for ex-offenders.

State Sen. Don McEachin, who is on track to be elected to Congress in November in Virginia’s 4th congressional district, said that the Republican party would rather fight to make democracy smaller than enlarge it.

The governor tried to restore voting rights and Virginia Republicans acted like the world had ended,” said McEachin.

Local sheriffs’ offices to receive federal funding to implement new protective order law Three sheriffs’ offices in Virginia which have agreed to accept firearms from subjects of final Family Abuse Protective Orders will be awarded $158,644 in federal funds in grant money. They funds are part of the implementation of new domestic violence protections at the center of the bipartisan gun safety package the governor signed into law earlier this year.

The three localities selected as recipients include the Dinwiddie County Sheriff’s Office, the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office and the Wise County Sheriff’s Office.

Dinwiddie will receive $67,189 to develop and implement a local policy, develop and maintain a database related to protective orders and facilitate the surrender, storage and return of firearms. Franklin County will receive $63,410 to establish protocols and resources to accept and store firearms from subjects of these protective orders. Wise County Sheriff’s Office will receive $28,045 to purchase equipment to accept and store firearms from subjects of these orders.

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Abramson was commissioned a second lieutenant in the United States Army Chemical Corps in 1988 and has held a variety of management and leadership positions. Currently, he is the deputy joint program executive

officer for Chemical and Biological Defense at Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD. He holds a bachelor’s degree in chemistry from VSU as well as a master’s degree in strategic studies from the Army War College, a master’s degree in strategic policy from the Naval War College, and a master’s degree in chemistry from Johns Hopkins University.

“Colonel Abramson adds to the outstanding legacy of the Virginia State University ROTC Program,” said Lieutenant Colonel David D. Johnson, who is VSU’s 25th professor of Military Science. “He epitomizes our mission to recruit, educate, develop, inspire, and commission highly-qualified senior ROTC cadets that embody both the Warrior Ethos and the Army Values and are capable of exceptional service

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Trump, Clinton bag first 2016 debate as poll shows ‘significant’ Dem lead in Va. Twenty-one times during the presidential primaries, candidates took the stage to debate issues important to the American people.

Twenty-one times, they faced questions on foreign and domestic policy, on America’s role in the world and on the philosophy each would bring to the Oval Office. And on none of those 21 occasions were they asked to debate the single most important challenge facing the country: The health of the American democracy.

On Sept. 26, the nominees for president of the United States met for what may be the most-watched debate in the history of the country.

Once the numbers are available, it is to top the 70 million people that watched the first debate between between President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney in 2012.

As moderator, Lester Holt had an obligation - indeed a patriotic duty - to demand answers to the most fundamental American question; ‘Do you believe in the essential equality of each American and if so, what specifically are you going to do to ensure that each citizen has equal political power?’

Marc Morial, president of the National Urban League and Morris Pearl, chair of the board of the Patriotic Millionaires noted before the debate that for the first time in more than a century, the U.S. democracy is narrowing.

“We are engaged in a battle for the soul of the country,” they noted in an op-ed. “We see it in Ferguson and Flint, in Baltimore and Chicago. We see it on Wall Street, in board rooms, in the halls of Congress.

“This is a fight not only for equality under the law, but for equality in the hearts and minds and actions of every man woman and child in these United States. It is a fight for opportunity not just in theory, or on paper, but in practice and in experience.”

Morial and Morris noted that white supremacists have emerged from the shadows, gleefully claiming a prominent place on the American political stage.

Lester Holt with stand-ins before the debate.

“Racism has always been a thinlyveiled political strategy, but now those in power have tossed the veil aside,” they noted. “From voter ID laws to registration restrictions to voter purges, those with power grab for even more.

“And the money -- Oh, the money. Pouring from the pockets of billionaires to the coffers of SuperPACs. America’s wealthiest citizens no longer even feel any pressure to hide their intentions.

They want to own Washington, the public be damned.”

They noted how the gap between the powerful and the powerless is widening into a yawning sinkhole that threatens to swallow the country whole.

“Yes, we must first debate democracy itself,” according to the op-ed. “How will each of these nominees address questions of power and equality in America? How will they respond to the widening gaps between the rich and the poor, between black, brown and white, between the powerful and the powerless? How deep is their commitment to the great American experiment of democracy that began 240 years ago?”

Morial and Morris noted how the U.S. is different from almost any other country in the world.

“We are not united by a common

ethnic or religious heritage, but rather by an idea,” they noted. “The strongest, wealthiest, most-diverse, most innovative country in the history of the world is held together by the promise of equality. It is the essence of our national purpose.

However imperfect our process has been in realizing that equality, for most of our history we have lurched awkwardly toward a more perfect union, toward more political power shared among more people.”

That is until now.

Almost a quarter-century later, the country has still not accomplished what it set out to do.

There are dozens of topics to tackle that lay bare the candidates’ commitment to the uniquely American promise. These include voting rights, gerrymandering, campaign contributions, executive powers and more. Some were tackled during the debate, most weren’t.

The nominees’ answers reveal their underlying commitment to equality, and to democracy itself.

“Will they make the years ahead the best chapter in the American story, one defined by a national commitment to human dignity and justice that only true equality can realize? Or will they close the book forever on what could have been?” asked Morial and Morris.

Meanwhile, a new survey of likely

voters by the Wason Center for Public Policy at Christopher Newport University. Democrat Hillary Clinton leads Republican Donald Trump in Virginia. In a head-to-head contest, voters prefer Clinton, 48-38 percent. But Libertarian nominee Gary Johnson is winning support, especially among Millennial voters.

Among all five candidates who will be on the Nov. 8 ballot, the tally is Clinton 39, Trump 33 and Johnson 15. Green Party nominee Jill Stein and independent Evan McMullin each take 3 percent. The margin of error is +/-3.9 percent.

“Clinton’s lead over Trump in Virginia is strong,” said Dr. Quentin Kidd, director of the Wason Center.

“It is not only built upon her own partisan identifiers, but also on a very strong showing from vote-rich Northern Virginia, a large gender gap, and stronger support than Democrats usually get from college-educated white voters and white women.”

The survey also probed likely voters on character issues. A majority (54 percent) said Clinton cannot be trusted with classified information.

And a majority (53 percent) said Trump is a racist. “That more than half think that Donald Trump is a racist is astounding,” said Dr. Rachel Bitecofer, assistant director of the Wason Center. “That tells you all you need to know about why a diverse state like Virginia is beginning to fall out of reach of the Trump campaign.”

Voters 18-34 years old overwhelmingly prefer Clinton over Trump in a two-way choice, 52-30 percent. When the full ballot is considered, though, many of those Millennial voters flock to the Libertarian. Clinton still leads, with 34 percent, but Millennials take Johnson (27) over Trump (23).

In military-heavy Virginia, more voters think Clinton would make a better Commander-in-Chief than Trump, 50-40 percent. Women think Clinton would be a better Commander-in-Chief than Trump by 2-1, 60-30 percent. However, military voters prefer Trump as Commanderin-Chief, 48-39 percent.

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Op/Ed & Letters

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President Obama dedicates NMAAHC President Barack Obama dedicated the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture on Saturday, describing it as a place that “helps to tell a richer and fuller story of who we are.” Below is the text of his address.

James Baldwin once wrote, “For while the tale of how we suffer, and how we are delighted, and how we may triumph is never new, it always must be heard.” For while the tale of how we suffer, and how we are delighted, and how we may triumph is never new, it always must be heard.

Today, as so many generations have before, we gather on our National Mall to tell an essential part of our American story - one that has at times been overlooked -we come not just for today, but for all time.

We’re here in part because of you and because of all those Americans - the Civil War vets, the Civil Rights foot soldiers, the champions of this effort on Capitol Hill - who, for more than a century, kept the dream of this museum alive.

That includes our leaders in Congress - Paul Ryan and Nancy Pelosi. It includes one of my heroes, John Lewis, who, as he has so often, took the torch from those who came before him and brought us past the finish line. It includes the philanthropists and benefactors and advisory members who have so generously given not only their money but their time. It includes the Americans who offered up all the family keepsakes tucked away in Grandma’s attic. And of course, it includes a man without whose vision The LEGACY NEWSPAPER Vol. 2 No. 39 Mailing Address 409 E. Main Street 4 Office Address 105 1/2 E. Clay St. Richmond, VA 23219 Call 804-644-1550 Online www.legacynewspaper.com

and passion and persistence we would not be here today - Mr. Lonnie Bunch.

What we can see of this building - the towering glass, the artistry of the metalwork - is surely a sight to behold. But beyond the majesty of the building, what makes this occasion so special is the larger story it contains.

Below us, this building reaches down 70 feet, its roots spreading far wider and deeper than any tree on this Mall. And on its lowest level, after you walk past remnants of a slave ship, after you reflect on the immortal declaration that “all men are created equal,” you can see a block of stone. On top of this stone sits a historical marker, weathered by the ages. That marker reads: “General Andrew Jackson and Henry Clay spoke from this slave block… during the year 1830.”

I want you to think about this.

Consider what this artifact tells us about history, about how it’s told, and about what can be cast aside.

On a stone where day after day, for years, men and women were torn from their spouse or their child, shackled and bound, and bought and sold, and bid like cattle; on a stone worn down by the tragedy of over a thousand bare feet - for a long time, the only thing we considered important, the singular thing we once chose to commemorate as “history” The LEGACY welcomes all signed letters and all respectful opinions.

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with a plaque were the unmemorable speeches of two powerful men.

And that block I think explains why this museum is so necessary.

Because that same object, reframed, put in context, tells us so much more.

As Americans, we rightfully passed on the tales of the giants who built this country; who led armies into battle and waged seminal debates in the halls of Congress and the corridors of power. But too often, we ignored or forgot the stories of millions upon millions of others, who built this nation just as surely, whose humble eloquence, whose calloused hands, whose steady drive helped to create cities, erect industries, build the arsenals of democracy.

And so this national museum helps to tell a richer and fuller story of who we are. It helps us better understand the lives, yes, of the President, but also the slave; the industrialist, but also the porter; the keeper of the status quo, but also of the activist seeking to overthrow that status quo; the teacher or the cook, alongside the statesman. And by knowing this other story, we better understand ourselves and each other. It binds us together. It reaffirms that all of us are America - that African-American history is not somehow separate from our larger American story, it’s not the underside of the American story, it is central to the American story.

That our glory derives not just from our most obvious triumphs, but how we’ve wrested triumph from tragedy, and how we’ve been able to remake ourselves, again and again and again, in accordance with our highest ideals.

I, too, am America.

The great historian John Hope Franklin, who helped to get this museum started, once said, “Good history is a good foundation for a better present and future.” He understood the best history doesn’t just sit behind a glass case; it helps us to understand what’s outside the case. The best history helps us recognize the mistakes that we’ve made and the dark corners of the human spirit that we need to guard against. And, yes, a cleareyed view of history can make us uncomfortable, and shake us out of familiar narratives. But it is precisely because of that discomfort that we learn and grow and harness our collective power to make this nation more perfect.

That’s the American story that this museum tells - one of suffering and delight; one of fear but also of hope; of wandering in the wilderness and then seeing out on the horizon a glimmer of the Promised Land.

It is in this embrace of truth, as best as we can know it, in the celebration of the entire American experience, where real patriotism lies. As President Bush just said, a great nation doesn’t shy from the truth. It strengthens us. It emboldens us. It should fortify us. It is an act of patriotism to understand where we’ve been. And this museum tells the story of so many patriots.

Yes, African Americans have felt the cold weight of shackles and the stinging lash of the field whip. But we’ve also dared to run north, and

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P.T. Hoffsteader, Esq.

Talk about death

When Kara Tippetts, a 38-year-old mother of four, died of breast cancer last year, more than 17,000 people live-streamed her funeral. Tippetts gained national prominence through her blog, where she confronted her impending death with a refreshingly frank take on living with a terminal disease.

Unfortunately, Tippetts’ openness is usually missing where it’s needed most: hospitals. Medical caregivers are often reluctant to discuss endof-life plans with terminal patients.

Death is considered a taboo topic, until after a patient has passed. This lack of communication frequently leads to degraded care and needless suffering.

One recent survey of patients with advanced cancers found that only 5 percent knew their projected life expectancy was just a few more months. Another found that only half of patients with renal and pulmonary conditions had been offered consultations on palliative care.

Denied understanding their situation, patients often seek invasive treatments with torturous side effects. Over 70 percent of patients with incurable colorectal, breast, lung, pancreatic and prostate cancers pursue aggressive care in their final months.

This collective denial of death can actually harm patients. A JAMA Internal Medicine study found that since 2010, nearly 70 percent of cancer drugs were approved without proof that they extended or improved

life.

While cost should never factor into treatment recommendations, the collective denial of death is financially burdensome for patients and their families. Families with cancer patients declare bankruptcy three times more often than other households.

There is no “right” response to a terminal illness. The decision is personal and based on spiritual, social, financial and emotional needs.

Some patients fight until the end.

Others prefer to ease up on care -or even die on their own terms -- to focus on quality of life or family time.

Take Jerika Bolen -- a 14-year-old with Type 2 spinal muscular atrophy, a terminal genetic condition that causes constant pain.

After her 38th surgery -- and spending 12 hours per day connected to a ventilator -- the Wisconsin teen decided to end her life. Her final wish? A prom. So this July, friends and family danced the night away in a ballroom. Bolen was named prom queen. She died last week.

Terminal patients can only make these tough choices if their doctors are able to have hard conversations.

Yet fewer than a third of primary care physicians receive instruction in end-of-life treatment.

Fortunately, some medicals schools have noticed this training gap and are working to fill it. Stanford’s medical school orientation requires a discussion of the ethics of death.

George Washington University Medical School teaches a course about dying.

Johns Hopkins actually assigns students to write instructions for their own end-of-life care, which forces them to confront the decisions terminal patients face.

Here at New York Institute of Technology, our Gold Humanism Honor Society rewards osteopathic medical students and faculty for tackling challenging patient care with compassion and tact. Medical lectures include information on ethics, end-of-life issues and care.

Our physician assistant studies program also includes a - breaking bad news - scenario in which students encounter actors roleplaying as patients with a terminal illness.

If properly informed, many terminal patients may want to forgo painful and expensive treatment, choosing quality over quantity for their remaining days with their doctors and caregivers as compassionate collaborators.

Silencing such discussions fails our terminal patients in their final need.

Jerry Balentine NY Institute of Technology

If I was running...

If I ran for mayor of Richmond a very diverse, traditional, quiet, and education oriented city, and one of the greatest places in the world….

I would first wish everyone the love, peace, and blessings of God! Then I would consider the question what do the people of Richmond city want? In answering this I could only anticipate what the common goal is or should be; and that in my sight is to make Richmond one of the best places to be

and to visit, focusing on economics, and what makes Richmond prosperous, then explain that all the youth are the future, and this future consists of our place in the world and history and traditions and love of God will elevate us to academic heights, which will contribute to educational, technological, social, economic, and medical innovations.

We are one of the centers for nursing, doctorates, societal, military, monetary, governmental, legal, and judicial influence and must set excellent examples in each and I will contribute to this as leader of this great city.

Not only will I emphasize these things, but encourage our parent’s and educator’s to go to the lengths and meet the challenges in achieving this. Once I start implementing my ideas and instructing and urging our citizens of Richmond to spiritually enhance themselves by reaffirming and strengthening their relationship with God and be sincere about it, this will increase a level of honesty, unity, kindness, and respect and decrease crime, delinquency, and hopefully poverty because of this strong belief.

Reassuring citizens that they will be safe.

Lastly to encourage, by setting examples, that adults should always set good examples for our children.

Any questionable actions from this point forward should be rectified with GOD. Afterwards, only our ways and actions will speak for us.

Because we will see the positive fruit of our efforts, and we will know that we can and will set the pace for the future for others to follow. This is something to be very proud of. And I say peace, peace!

Patrick Christian

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Religious voters may lean Republican, but most feel conflicted about the presidential candidates Researchers seeking to predict how Americans will vote have for years identified an important clue: The more religious you are, the more likely you are to lean Republican.

Conversations with more than twodozen self-identified “faith” voters in Boone, N.C., suggest that pattern is holding this year, even while revealing the same high level of voter disenchantment evident across the country.

“I’ve always felt that the Republicans align with my beliefs,” said Judith Martinez, 51, a naturalized U.S. citizen born in Mexico. An evangelical Christian who leads the Spanish-language ministry at Mount Vernon Baptist Church in Boone, Martinez's opposition to abortion and same-sex marriage are decisive factors in determining which party and candidate to support. “The

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Bible is very clear in telling us the way we should live,” she said, “and we are not respecting that.” She expects to vote for Donald Trump.

Among Hispanic voters, Martinez is in a minority. A recent ABC/ Washington Post poll showed Republican candidate Donald Trump trailing Hillary Clinton by 25 to 40 points among Hispanic voters in various battleground states. That advantage, however, may diminish when religious beliefs are considered.

Voting analyses carried out by the Pew Research Center on the basis of exit poll data in the 2000, 2004 and 2008 elections identified a strong correlation between religiosity and Republicanism.

“How often you attend church services is at least a good predictor [of how you vote] as your level of education, your gender, your age,

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Donald Trump with religious leaders who suport his campaign. your union membership, or the region where you live,” said Alan Cooperman, Pew’s director of religion research. “The only thing stronger is race.” (The recent ABC/Washington Post poll showed Trump drawing only about 5 percent of the African-

American vote, regardless of religious affiliation.)

The pro-Trump “faith” voters interviewed in Boone, a small city in the western Carolina mountains,

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(from page 8) have decidedly mixed feelings about his candidacy, however. Judith Martinez says her religious beliefs ultimately may dictate a vote for Trump, but she is deeply troubled by his harsh characterization of Mexican immigrants.

“He’s very crude,” said Martinez.

“Mexicans are some of the people here who work the hardest. He doesn't value their efforts.”

Nationwide, nearly half of Trump’s supporters are “very enthusiastic” about his candidacy, according to the ABC/Washington Post poll, with about a third of Clinton supporters saying the same of her. Of the religious voters interviewed in Boone, however, not one was a hard-core supporter of either Trump or Clinton.

“I will not vote for anybody,” said Jack Lawrence, 67, a retired optometrist and founding member of an interdenominational church in Boone called The Heart. “I will cast a

Sept. 28, 2016 • 9 vote, but it will not be for anybody. It will be a negative vote.” In his case, he said, it will be a vote against Clinton.

Lawrence was one of six members of The Heart congregation who recently met with reporters to discuss how their Christian commitments are influencing their thinking about this year’s presidential election. Three were undecided, including Kristine Martin, 36, who moved to Boone two years ago when her husband took a position at Samaritan’s Purse, the evangelical Christian charity founded

by Franklin Graham.

“It’s a scary election for me,” said Martin. “There’s part of me that wants to check out.”

All six Heart members describe their Christian beliefs as central to their lives. “That’s where we find our identity, first and foremost,” said David Cuthbert, 41, chief executive officer of Wine to Water, an organization in Boone that promotes access to clean water around the world. “At the end of the day,” he said,

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“it’s what shapes every aspect of our lives.”

That commitment, however, may be of little help in guiding the election decisions at The Heart this year.

Cuthbert said he remains undecided.

One of the two Heart members leaning to Clinton, 35-year-old Dejah Miranda-Huxley, says her preference is a reaction to what she sees as Trump’s “exclusivist” attitude toward minorities and immigrants. “Neither side reflects my faith,” she said.

Whether the Republican advantage among religious voters in places like Boone will hold in future elections is unclear. Renee Miller, 34, who was raised in a strict Pentecostal household near Boone, found her loyalty to the Republican Party challenged after going through a yearlong addiction treatment program at Hospitality House, a community shelter in Boone serving people in the midst of poverty-related crises.

“I came here homeless and pregnant and addicted to drugs,” said Miller. “This place has been really

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helpful as far as getting treatment. I now have a healthy baby, a beautiful little girl, and I’m a completely different person.”

A registered Republican, she attributes her political identity largely to her religious upbringing.

“I definitely want a leader who believes in God,” she said. A year at Hospitality House, however, has left her unsure of her political loyalties going forward.

“At this point, I would probably vote for Trump,” she said, “because I just have a lot of mistrust for Hillary.” But she is not convinced her instincts are entirely correct.

“Being in this position has made me rethink my political values,” she said.

“People ask me why I’m Republican, when it’s the Democratic Party that mostly supports programs like this that help people. I’m conflicted.”

As are many religious voters in Boone, and voters around the country.

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Texan heads to D.C. via Virginia in 1,400 mile walk What would you do to see your dream come to fruition?

Well, if you’re Opal Lee, that includes a 1,400-mile trek from Dallas, Texas through Virginia to Washington, D.C. And it shouldn’t matter if you’re 90.

“I’m an old Johnny Appleseed,” she said recently, with a laugh.

Lee is walking to D.C to urge the U.S. Congress to make Juneteenth a National Day of Observance, before President Barack Obama leaves office.

She plans to walk five miles every morning and five every night as part of an effort to raise awareness about the importance of Juneteenth, the June 19 date many Texans mark as the day slavery actually ended.

“I thought, maybe if an old lady started out, someone would take

notice. Congress and the president would say, ‘We don’t want that old lady dying on our watch,’” she said.

Since 1980, the State of Texas has recognized the significance of Juneteenth, when blacks in Texas were formally told about the surrender of the Confederacy. In all, 45 states honor the date.

But there is no national day of observance, something Lee has fought passionately for over the years, and something she thinks needs to change.

“It’s so important,” she said.

Lee has secured a meeting with the Congressional Black Caucus. She will fly to that, and then fly back to where she left off walking, and resume the journey by foot.

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“The historic and bipartisan gun safety package we passed this year will save lives by keeping guns out of the hands of domestic abusers,” said Gov. Terry McAuliffe. “These funds will assist the winning localities as they accept firearms that would often otherwise remain in homes where dangerous and volatile domestic violence situations are happening.

I want to thank the sheriffs’ offices who stepped forward to win this funding and everyone who is working to keep our communities safe from domestic violence and senseless gun crimes.”

The Virginia Department of Criminal Justice Services made funds available in order to support the implementation of the new law and facilitate the safe transfer of firearms. Funds were awarded on Sept. 15 by the Criminal Justice Services Board.

As part of the agreement, individuals who are subject to final Family Abuse Protective Orders are now prohibited from possessing firearms and must turn relinquish

of June. I figure if an old lady started walking he’d let me talk to him,” Lee said.

their firearms within 24 hours or face a Class 6 felony. A Class 6 felony is punishable by up to five years imprisonment, a $2,500 fine and permanent loss of firearms rights. As a result of the bipartisan agreement to remove firearms from abusive and violent domestic situations, Virginia now has some of the toughest domestic violence laws in the nation.

“Studies consistently demonstrate that domestic violence calls are the most dangerous calls for our men and women in uniform,” said Secretary of Public Safety and Homeland Security Brian Moran. “This funding will not only protect victims of domestic violence, but will also protect our law enforcement officers from the lethal intersection of domestic violence and firearms.”

“These funds will be used to better prepare our office to house firearms for individuals who have been placed under a Family Abuse Permanent Protective Order,” said Wise County Sheriff Ronald D. Oakes. “We hope that this provision will prevent anyone who is under such an order from possessing a firearm and thus prevent any harm to a victim.”

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2nd Street Festival set to debut 28th year Performers to include Rare Essence, DJ Kool and James “Saxsmo” Gates

David Marion (left) and James “Saxsmo” Gates The 2nd Street Festival, presented

by Altria and Dominion, returns for the 28th year, Saturday-Sunday, Oct. 1-2, to celebrate the rich culture of the historic Jackson Ward neighborhood. The free event is produced by Venture Richmond.

This year, the festival features coheadliners Rare Essence with special guest DJ Kool on Saturday, and James “Saxsmo” Gates, to close out the festival on Sunday.

As always, the 2nd Street Festival takes place the first full weekend in October. Over the years it has grown to be one of the Mid-Atlantic's largest street festivals. Nearly 40,000 people visit historic Jackson Ward to reminisce about the days when 2nd Street was the heart and soul of Richmond's African American community, and was known as “the Harlem of the South.”

The festival features four stages of musical entertainment, along with food vendors, a marketplace, a Kidz Zone programmed by the Children’s Museum of Richmond, and Artists Row featuring David Marion with

Liberated Flow, creator of this year’s festival poster. Additional artists include: Kelvin Henderson, Fruit of the Spirit, and Abdul Badi, The Art of Abdul Badi.

This year as part of the festival the U.N.I.T.Y. project will showcase murals in Jackson Ward that depict the historic legacy of the area.

U.N.I.T.Y. represents Upholding, Networking and Inspiring Togetherness in celebration of Yesterday. Artists who are a part of the project include Hamilton Glass, David Marion, Keith Ramsey, Michon Pittman, and Sir James Thornhill.

The featured poster artist for 2016 is Richmond based artist David Marion, a South Carolina native.

The 34-year-old found his artistic gift at an early age, according to his biography, and developed a passion for creating.

He is a Hampton University arhitecture graduate.

Using oil as his medium of choice he has specialized in figurative art and portraiture for nearly a decade.

He has exhibited in galleries and museums in New York, Chicago, South Carolina, and Virginia, and is on his way to becoming a nationallyrecognized artist.

Rare Essence, Washington’s premier Go-Go band going on four decades, will be among those performing. The band has built a devoted fan base that spans multiple generations. Formed by four students at a Southeast Washington Catholic school during the mid70s, the band was kept on track by several no-nonsense moms and mentored by the late Godfather of Go-Go, Chuck Brown. Rare Essence quickly developed into the city’s most powerful Go-Go band, performing six to seven nights a week. They have performed with Run DMC, LL Cool J, Doug E. Fresh, Biz Markie, Ice Cube, Heavy D and the Boyz, Wu Tang Clan, Redman and Method Man, French Montana, Scarface, TLC, Eric B and Rakim, YoYo, Shabba Ranks, KRS-1 not to mention Chuck Brown and other Go-Go greats like Trouble Funk, The Junk Yard Band, and EU.

Additionally, three-time Grammy nominee, James “Saxsmo” Gates, one of Richmond’s premier musicians, will perform.

He recently released his latest recording, “Gates Wide Open,” with many of his friends, including Fred Wesley, Freddie Fox, and Walter Easley in late 2014. Gates was nominated twice for the 2013 Grammy Awards for Best Arranger and Best Soloist, and was also nominated in 2009 for a Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Jazz Album of the Year.

As a saxophonist, Saxsmo has a flaming passion that is evident in every note played. He graduated from Richmond’s John F. Kennedy High School in 1978, and attended Virginia State University and alter transferred to the prestigious Berklee College of Music, where he received his undergraduate degree.

He received his master’s in Jazz Studies from North Carolina Central University in 2011, and today is the director/coordinator of the Dr. Billy Taylor Jazz Studies Program at VSU.

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‘Sisters” in the fight In a prelude to October’s Breast Cancer Awareness Month, the Sisters Network Central Virginia, Inc., an advocacy and health care group in the fight to defeat breast cancer, hosted a “successful” Community Health Fair in Richmond over the weekend.

Richmond mayoral candidate Joe Morrissey stopped by the event to show his support. He shared that he wasn’t there for political gain, but instead to support a cause near and dear to his heart. Morrissey lost his mother to breast cancer and his sister is a 10-plus year survivor.

Local youth also participated in the community day. Line dancing brought everyone to the blacktop where attendees ‘wobbled’ and ‘cupid shuffled’ in the name of breast health.

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(from page 6) document, tested and shaped and sing songs from Harriet Tubman’s hymnal. We’ve buttoned up our Union Blues to join the fight for our freedom. We’ve railed against injustice for decade upon decade - a lifetime of struggle, and progress, and enlightenment that we see etched in Frederick Douglass’s mighty, leonine gaze.

Yes, this museum tells a story of people who felt the indignity, the small and large humiliations of a “whites only” sign, or wept at the side of Emmett Till’s coffin, or fell to their knees on shards of stained glass outside a church where four little girls died. But it also tells the story of the black youth and white youth sitting alongside each other, straightbacked, so full of dignity on those lunch counter stools; the story of a six-year-old Ruby Bridges, pigtails, fresh-pressed dress, walking that gauntlet to get to school; Tuskegee airmen soaring the skies not just to beat a dictator, but to reaffirm the promise of our democracy - - but remind us that all of us are created equal.

This is the place to understand how protest and love of country don’t merely coexist but inform each other; how men can proudly win the gold for their country but still insist on raising a black-gloved fist; how we can wear “I Can’t Breathe” T-shirt and still grieve for fallen police officers. Here’s the America where the razor-sharp uniform of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff belongs alongside the cape of the Godfather of Soul. We have shown the world that we can float like butterflies and sting like bees; that we can rocket into space like Mae Jemison, steal home like Jackie, rock like Jimi, stir the pot like Richard Pryor; or we can be sick and tired of being sick and tired, like Fannie Lou Hamer, and still Rock Steady like Aretha Franklin.

We are large, Walt Whitman told us, containing multitudes. We are large, containing multitudes. Full of contradictions. That’s America.

That’s what makes us grow. That’s what makes us extraordinary. And as is true for America, so is true for African American experience. We’re not a burden on America, or a stain on America, or an object of pity or charity for America. We’re America.

And that’s what this museum explains - the fact that our stories have shaped every corner of our culture. The struggles for freedom that took place made our Constitution a real and living

deepened and made more profound its meaning for all people. The story told here doesn’t just belong to black Americans; it belongs to all Americans - for the African-American experience has been shaped just as much by Europeans and Asians and Native Americans and Latinos. We have informed each other. We are polyglot, a stew.

Scripture promised that if we lift up the oppressed, then our light will rise in the darkness, and our night will become like the noonday. And the story contained in this museum makes those words prophecy.

And that’s what this day is about.

That’s what this museum is about.

I, too, am America. It is a glorious story, the one that’s told here. It is complicated and it is messy and it is full of contradictions, as all great stories are, as Shakespeare is, as Scripture is. And it’s a story that perhaps needs to be told now more than ever.

A museum alone will not alleviate poverty in every inner city or every rural hamlet. It won’t eliminate gun violence from all our neighborhoods, or immediately ensure that justice is always colorblind. It won’t wipe away every instance of discrimination in a job interview or a sentencing hearing or folks trying to rent an apartment. Those things are up to us, the decisions and choices we make. It requires speaking out, and organizing, and voting, until our values are fully reflected in our laws and our policies and our communities.

But what this museum does show us is that in even the face of oppression, even in the face of unimaginable difficulty, America has moved forward. And so this museum provides context for the debates of our times. It illuminates them and gives us some sense of how they evolved, and perhaps keeps them in proportion. Perhaps it can help a white visitor understand the pain and anger of demonstrators in places like Tulsa and Charlotte. But it can also help black visitors appreciate the fact that not only is this younger generation carrying on traditions of the past but, within the white communities across this nation we see the sincerity of law enforcement officers and officials who, in fits and starts, are struggling to understand, and are trying to do the right thing.

It reminds us that routine discrimination and Jim Crow aren’t ancient history, it’s just a blink in the eye of history. It was just yesterday.

And so we should not be surprised

that not all the healing is done. We shouldn’t despair that it’s not all solved. And knowing the larger story should instead remind us of just how remarkable the changes that have taken place truly are - just in my lifetime - and thereby inspire us to further progress.

And so hopefully this museum can help us talk to each other. And more importantly, listen to each other.

And most importantly, see each other. Black and white and Latino and Native American and Asian American - see how our stories are bound together. And bound together with women in America, and workers in America, and entrepreneurs in America, and LGBT Americans.

And for young people who didn’t live through the struggles represented here, I hope you draw strength from the changes that have taken place.

Come here and see the power of your own agency. See how young John Lewis was. These were children who transformed a nation in a blink of an eye. Young people, come here and see your ability to make your mark.

The very fact of this day does not prove that America is perfect, but it does validate the ideas of our founding, that this country born of change, this country born of revolution, this country of we, the people, this country can get better.

And that’s why we celebrate, mindful that our work is not yet done; mindful that we are but on a waystation on this common journey towards freedom. And how glorious it is that we enshrine it here, on some of our nation’s most hallowed ground - the same place where lives were once traded but also where hundreds of thousands of Americans, of all colors and creeds, once marched.

How joyful it is that this story take its rightful place - alongside Jefferson who declared our independence, and Washington who made it real, and alongside Lincoln who saved our union, and the GIs who defended it; alongside a new monument to a King, gazing outward, summoning us toward that mountaintop. How righteous it is that with tell this story here.

For almost eight years, I have been blessed with the extraordinary honor of serving you in this office.

Time and again, I’ve flown low over this mall on Marine One, often with Michelle and our daughters. And President Clinton, President Bush, they’ll tell you it is incredible sight.

We pass right across the Washington Monument - it feels like you can reach out and touch it. And at night, if you turn the other way, you don’t

just see the Lincoln Memorial, Old Abe is lit up and you can see him, his spirit glowing from that building.

And we don’t have many trips left.

But over the years, I’ve always been comforted as I’ve watched this museum rise from this earth into this remarkable tribute. Because I know that years from now, like all of you, Michelle and I will be able to come here to this museum, and not just bring our kids but hopefully our grandkids. I imagine holding a little hand of somebody and tell them the stories that are enshrined here.

And in the years that follow, they’ll be able to do the same. And then we’ll go to the Lincoln Memorial and we’ll take in the view atop the Washington Monument. And together, we’ll learn about ourselves, as Americans - our sufferings, our delights, and our triumphs. And we’ll walk away better for it, better because the better grasp of history.

We’ll walk away that much more in love with this country, the only place on Earth where this story could have unfolded.

It is a monument, no less than the others on this Mall, to the deep and abiding love for this country, and the ideals upon which it is founded. For we, too, are America.

Let us now open this museum to the world. Today, we have with us a family that reflects the arc of our progress: the Bonner family - four generations in all, starting with gorgeous seven-year-old Christine and going up to gorgeous 99-year-old Ruth.

Now, Ruth’s father, Elijah Odom, was born into servitude in Mississippi. He was born a slave.

As a young boy, he ran, though, to his freedom. He lived through Reconstruction and he lived through Jim Crow. But he went on to farm, and graduate from medical school, and gave life to the beautiful family that we see today - with a spirit reflected in beautiful Christine, free and equal in the laws of her country and in the eyes of God. So in a brief moment, their family will join us in ringing a bell from the First Baptist Church in Virginia - one of the oldest black churches in America, founded under a grove of trees in 1776. And the sound of this bell will be echoed by others in houses of worship and town squares all across this country - an echo of the ringing bells that signaled Emancipation more than a century and a half ago; the sound, and the anthem, of American freedom.

God bless you all. God bless the United States of America.

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The workshops will continue with sessions on minor home repairs Saturday, Nov. 5 at the former Dumbarton Area Library; home improvements Saturday, Feb. 4 at the Eastern Henrico Recreation Center, 1440 N. Laburnum Ave.; and outdoor improvements Saturday, March 4 at the Eastern Henrico Recreation Center. All of the sessions will be held from 9 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. and will include exhibits, hands-on demonstrations and refreshments.

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156-923 HAMPTON SOLICITATION The Director of Finance or his designated representative will accept written responses in the Procurement Office 1 Franklin Street, 3rd floor, suite 345 Hampton, VA on behalf of the Entity (ies) listed below until the date(s) and local time(s) specified.

HAMPTON CITY Wednesday , October 12, 2016 2:30 pm-ITB 17-29/E Annual need for Animals Feed and Care Products at BlueBird Gap Farm and Sandy Bottom Nature Park.

For additional information, see our web page at http://www.hampton.gov/bids-contracts A withdrawal of bid due to error shall be in accordance with Section 2.2-4330 of the Code of Virginia. All forms relating to these solicitations may be obtained from the above listed address or for further information call; (757) 727-2200. The right is reserved to reject any and all responses, to make awards in whole or in part, and to waive any informality in submittals.

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