I live in Manassas. The rally was going to be in Manassas Park (a
historically post-WWII working class community), but with 30,000
people expected they moved it to the county fairgrounds (address
Manassas but outside city limits). It has been in the print news
here--guess some people missed it, although it hasn't been long
since it was scheduled and announced. I thought about going, but
30,000 people and their cars aren't worth it to this introvert.
Significance: 1. Practical: Virginia hasn't voted for a Democrat
for president since 1964, and Obama has a chance, especially in
Northern Virginia which now has a lot of "fake" Americans. (I'm
one, having grown up in the Pacific Northwest, where we learned to
call the battles "Bull Run." The north calls the major battles by
the nearest body of water, and the south by the nearest town or
jurisdiction.) 2. Symbolic (my opinion): It's time for the Civil
War to be over.
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