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Heidi Eastham’s 9-year-old niece, Then Andrus, wrote this essay. She happened to be in Rappahannock County visiting when Heidi’s father-in-law Thomas L. East ham passed away on June 27.
It was a beautiful day. The air
smelled sweet and the birds were singing. But in a few minutes I would be aboard the train. I was going down to Virginia to see my relatives. My sister and mother were going too.
It was only a few minutes, but it seemed like hours before I heard the train’s mournful
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