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RURAL AMERICA IS VANISHING. THIS TINY COUNTY IS FIGHTING BACK.

Tensions between development and rural character are playing out across the
country.

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A development in Rappahannock County, Va. (Dana Milbank/The Washington Post)
By Dana Milbank
July 10, 2024 at 5:45 a.m. EDT

CULPEPER, Va. — Culpeper National Cemetery, on the edge of this rural town’s
historic center, has for more than 150 years been the final resting place for
about 1,300 Union soldiers killed in the Civil War. Stone monuments honor
regiments from Maine, Massachusetts, New York, Ohio and Pennsylvania that fought
the battles of Cedar Mountain, Brandy Station and others nearby.


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