Election Connection – Watching Virginia and Maryland

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We are 269 days out from the 2024 Election.

Two races I’d recommend getting involved with are Harry Dunn and Eugene Vindman in Maryland and Virginia, respectively. These two names may seem familiar.

Harry Dunn is a former Capitol Police officer who was at the Capitol the day it was violently attacked by insurrectionists. He has a book out Standing My Ground: A Capitol Police Officer’s Fight for Accountability and Good Trouble After January 6th, and he is running for Congress in the 3rd District in Maryland.

Eugene Vindman is a retired Army officer targeted for retaliation by the Trump Administration when he and his brother, Alexander, also an Army officer at the time came forward as whistleblowers when the then President Trump extorted the Ukraine government. Eugene is now running for Congress in the 7th District in Virginia.

Harry Dunn
for Maryland’s 3rd Congressional District.
2024
Eugene Vindman
for Virginia’s 7th Congressional District.
2024

Please give them whatever support you can.

Photo – Resolutions and Reflections

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Snowdon Mountain
Pen-y-Pass
North Wales
Jan, 1987

Snowdon Mountain, 1987

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Mt. Snowdon, Llanberis, North Wales

Snowdon Mountain, Llanberis, 2009

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A Town Crier.....on a Segway

Town Crier on a Segway

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Somewhere between hitchhiking in Wales and Colonial-Era Town Crier on a Segway is who I want to be. Maybe this is that year. 🙂

Colonial Williamsburg

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These are some of my photos from my recent trip to Williamsburg, Virginia. I spent the day on my own, so I have a lot of photos of buildings and the re-enactors as well as the gardens and horses. I will write more about it, but it truly was a fabulous day with perfect weather. The one thing I would change would be to pay attention to the schedule. I didn’t buy a ticket, and therefore wasn’t allowed into the historic end by the Capitol since there was a performance. If I had realized I would have started at that end, and been gone before they closed it to non-ticket holders.

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Inside the Bindery

Governor's Palace at Colonial Williamsburg

Governor’s Palace at Colonial Williamsburg

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Gardens

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Burton Parish Episcopal Church

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Horse and Pasture

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The Courthouse

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The Courthouse. To the left is a cider stand. To the right, barely in view are the stocks

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Market Center

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Two women play traditional Colonial games at the market

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The Capitol

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The Town Crier…..on a Segway

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Sitting in front of the tavern

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Horse and Wagon

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The Armoury

at Colonial Williamsburg

at Colonial Williamsburg

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Bus stop in front of the Historic Information Booth, across from Merchant Square

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Behind the Information Booth