Isn’t this a wonderful place? Some geologists maintain that the Central Pangaea Mountain range, of which the Blue Ridge Mountains in Virginia are remnants, is the oldest mountain range on the planet. Within the earth’s oldest mountain range is a national park, nestled along the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia in the heart of theContinue reading “Shenandoah Love, Shenandoah Loss”
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Appalachian Heritage, Displacement, Coercive Control, and Healing
Appalachian Heritage, Displacement, Coercive Control, and Healing When Shenandoah National Park was established in 1935, five hundred families were “displaced” from their mountain homes and communities. The word displaced is often placed in quotation marks because what occurred was far more than relocation. Society uses the term, so it is borrowed here. Yet no singleContinue reading “Appalachian Heritage, Displacement, Coercive Control, and Healing”