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Sandy Hausman reports
Members of the Brown Grove Baptist Church welcome help from the NAACP in their fight to stop Wegman s from building nearby.
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The Brown Grove Baptist Church is at the heart of this small, rural neighborhood founded 150 years ago by freed slaves. Dozens of people live here or were raised in the area – among them 40-year-old Renada Harris. She remembers riding her bike on country roads to visit cousins.
“It was very peaceful. I’m not going to say it was like Mayberry, but everybody knows everybody. You didn’t have to worry about leaving your doors unlocked or anything like that,” she recalls.
The Roanoke Times
Today is the 20th day of the fourth month, or 4-20, which makes today 4-20 Day. If you think thatâs just a chronological reference, you may not be ready for whatâs about to come. The phrase â4-20â has become pop culture shorthand for smoking marijuana, which dates back to five high school students in San Rafael, California, in 1971 who met at that time every day to smoke their weed.
Now Virginia is in the process of legalizing marijuana, something that would have been unthinkable in 1971 or, for some, even 2021. Itâs happening, though. Starting July 1 you can legally plant four marijuana plants for your personal use (some restrictions apply), and Virginia will legalize a retail market for marijuana in 2024.