First off, a kid from my area was a finalist on American Idol.

He didn't win. But, it was certainly something seeing a guy from my tiny little town on TV.

Second, Nottoway Plantation burned to the ground. It was the largest remaining antebellum mansion remaining in the country.

My dad posted about this and inadvertently found himself in the middle of a war on Facebook.

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