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Incumbent Republican Del. Jay fcatzen compared the response of the people of Rappahannock County to the floods and Kirk Davis’s death to the response of the soldiers called on to make the Declaration of Independence a central document in the history of a new nation rather than the heritage of a failed effort.
“Those seemingly endless rains claimed loved ones of all ' ages to the heavens whence the pounding had come, and with it massive loss of property and a shedding of tears which will not heal our scars... !
“No less, likely more, than many other Virginians, and other | American, the sons and daughters Of Rappahannock are a friendly, sharing, proud, and good people, fiercely independent, staunch Virginians, and emphatically -Americans....
“You..rose to the occasion this week, and you can take great pride in it. Your heroism came as no surprise to me, for you practice that brotherhood and sisterhood daily. Now as we work with those
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