 I think I had had some conversations with Rose about the events and just how excited they were to be a part of this. And they had done a 75th anniversary event previously and were looking to really up their game for the 80th. And we were just kind of talking about what they had planned. And Rose was very excited with the descendants and all that were going to be involved. And honestly, I was doing, as I recall, doing research. Just kind of looking back at the story, understanding some of the history. I remember reading this account that was written and it talked about how the prosecutor just didn't pursue the charges. And that there wasn't a disposition of any kind. And the message I got from the history was really that it was almost like a shame of the charges that the justice system just decided to prevent or ignore that they ever happened. And so I got to thinking, I was like, wow, I wonder if they were ever really dropped and if there was a formal process and I'm not a lawyer, certainly not a prosecutor. And so I call Brian and I call Brian all the time. I checked in with him a couple of weeks later and he said, well, I've done a little research. I can't find anything. I can't find any disposition of these charges. So they're very likely still just kind of out there. And I said, well, can you formally drop them? Is there a way to get them dropped? And he's like, let me check with the judge and see what she thinks. And so he had come back a couple of days later and he said, I had a conversation and I think she's willing to do something here. And so then it kind of started rolling. And so I talked to Rose and I said, this is what Brian said and she was very excited and we decided to tie it together with this event that they were doing for the descendants. And I remember I was looking back in my email last night in preparation for this conversation and I remember when they sent out the notice for the event and I sent it to Brian and I said, here's your deadline. And he's like, now you gotta get it done by this day. And he did, you know, he worked with the judge in the clerk's office and got the order done. And I remember reading that order. And I'm not, perhaps to my detriment, I am not generally a politician who likes kind of the performative acts and the things that I think are perhaps not as tied to policies and things that are gonna solve problems. But I have come to appreciate that there is a value in the symbolic and oftentimes the symbolic ties together with the more substantive and I think watching that night the reactions of the, particularly the descendants and seeing it tie together with kind of their memories of what their family members had done on that day. Very young family members was really powerful to me. And I know a lot of other people who were in that room or watched that, you know, had a similar reaction where they had walked away with kind of a better understanding obviously of our history, but an appreciation that, you know, certainly not able to change that history, but at least a feeling that today, on that day in 2019, we were able to at least push a wrong back in a better direction. And so that was powerful. Yeah, well, you know, I think I would say to answer that question, you know, you gotta read that letter that Samuel Tucker wrote when, cause initially to try to molify him, you know, they had said, oh, we'll give you library cards at this separate but equal library that we've set up. And Samuel Tucker writes this letter in his 20s at this point, brand new lawyer writes this letter saying, basically no. Not going to, that's not going to be acceptable. And inciting the inequity in that, the provision of those resources. And I think what it teaches us about today is, I mean, we are still dealing today with inequities in our community, in the way resources are allocated, the results, the disparate impact of city policies in housing and education and criminal justice system, wealth attainment, health, and those persist today. And, you know, the decisions we make up on this day are oftentimes attempts to try to ameliorate some of those inequities. And so I think, you know, we look back at 83 years ago now and say like, okay, these were the inequities we were dealing with in one set of city services, the provision of library services, you know, those same inequities that they were sitting in to change exist today. Now, we don't have the kind of disarray, legal barriers that exist for access to these city services, but we might as well. You know, for the way that some of these inequities exist in a lot of different areas today. And so I think for us, that's kind of the clarion call for us, it's looking at how we take, you know, what they were doing 80 years ago, which was really, really groundbreaking. And I think for me, that's always the part that I feel like is most amazing about this story is when you appreciate this story, everyone's like, oh yeah, this was in the 60s, right? And I was like, no, no, this was 1939, right? And I think that's what I don't think most people realize is how groundbreaking this was, this kind of activism, this, you know, shining a light on these inequities, the bravery associated with it. And even today, you know, picking apart these inequities that exist in our community requires a heck of a lot of bravery and courage. And it's unfortunate, even in a community like Alexandria, that it requires that, but I mean, look at any debate around the provision of resources or policy decisions that address inequities, particularly in education and housing, and certainly in the criminal justice system. And they are hotly, hotly controversial issues in the community. You know, I think that if you asked people and you kind of showed, if you showed them that mirror and you looked at 39 and looked at the experience there and you looked at people in 2022 who are involved in these debates and said, look, they wouldn't see themselves in that. But I'm sure the people in 1939 also wouldn't see themselves, who didn't see themselves that way in the way they were approaching those decisions. And, you know, we're all guilty of that. Like I'm sure there's a lot of things that I advocate for today that I'll look back 80 years from now, hopefully, and say, well, gosh, what the heck was I thinking? But, you know, it's a, I think that's the lessons that we can draw and we'll continue to draw from it. Yeah, sure. I mean, I think my initial reaction whenever I understand this story and read about this story and kind of peel apart other parts of the history is less about kind of my background, my racial background and more about age in that I'm always, I always marvel at how young everyone involved in a situation was and what courage was required to be that young, not just the five who actually did this sit in, but also Samuel Tucker, you know, who, you know, mid-20s starting his legal career and challenging an entire system that underpinned everything that he knew of. And obviously it would go on to incredible successes in the courts in kind of, you know, really killing Jim Crow. But I just marvel at that and think about, you know, I mean, these were kids who were kids, really, who were not much older than my son and thinking about what their parents most of thought, well, you know, what are you doing? But it just, so that personal courage that was required, that's for me, that's what always sticks out. And then, you know, as someone who kind of grew up literally in the middle of all of this, literally in the middle of it with, you know, a, I never thought, I mean, obviously, with a dad that was black, a mother as white, like I never thought of like my existence as being activism, if you will, but obviously some people would see it that way. You know, it was just who I am and my family. But this story was one that it's just the courage of it all is what always stuck with me. And, you know, that's kind of always how I've unpacked it in my head. And then it's just, there's also a feeling of almost inadequacy because I'm sitting here thinking, oh my gosh, you know, I'm a lot older now than these kids were and, you know, what are we doing? You know, what are we up to? What are we gonna look back and say like, oh, that was great, just that you did that? And I think it does kind of challenge us to up our game in a variety of different ways. You know, I think the other thing that I was always struck by on this was I don't think I fully appreciate it again. As I said earlier, like I'm not prone to the, try not to be prone to the performative and the symbolic try to be more to the substantive if I can and I was struck at how many people reached out afterward and were either there or heard about it or saw it and were really, really impacted. And I think it helped me understand the power of those kind of gestures repairing is probably the wrong word, but at least how they have impact people in their perception of both history but also the present. And so many folks sent me emails and notes and kind of came up to me and said, that was really, really powerful. Like I'm glad Brian did that. Like I'm really, like that was so important in that moment when he handed those petitions to the family members and they grabbed that paper. Like that was, and as I rewatch that I can imagine now those documents hanging on some family wall somewhere in family homes and that's really, that's really powerful.