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Eatonton Messenger/File Photo

Eatonton Messenger/File Photo

Letter to the Editor: May is month to remember these heroes

Dear editor,Sixty-four years ago this month, the original Freedom Riders, seven Blacks and six whites, left Washington, D.C., to travel to the South and expose our country and the world to the systemic racism that existed there. Race had divided our country.
The mother who was but wasn’t

The mother who was but wasn’t

Rich: The mother who was but wasn’t

She loved me so much.Often, she’d tell stories of my childhood and always begin with, “You were the cutest little thing I've ever seen.”Her favorite story to tell happened when I was three. “Your Mama always dressed you like a little doll. I ain’t never saw nothin’ like it.
Eatonton Messenger/File Photo

Eatonton Messenger/File Photo

Letter to the Editor: Thanks from Eatonton VFW Thrift Store

Dear editor,We appreciate The Eatonton Messenger running our story last week, where Eatonton Veterans Thrift Store awarded $40,000.00 to Honor Flight.This money allowed Middle Georgia Honor Flight the ability to send Mission No. 27, and Conyers Honor Flight the ability to send Mission No. 28.
Ronda Rich/Columnist

Ronda Rich/Columnist

Rich: High heels and dresses

Several years ago, I was returning from a speaking engagement at the historic Greenbrier Hotel, flying from Roanoke on a small Delta jet into the Atlanta airport.