Awakening Statue Moved


	Awakening Statue Moved

spolastre

2-20-2008 3:03 PM

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statue, awakening, dc, hains point

spolastre says:

This is really sad. I grew up in the DC area my entire life, and this is one of the things that is stapled in my memories. It's definitely going to be missed.

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