WINCHESTER, N.H.-I just read your editorial and wanted to thank you for this piece. After reading it, I took a deep breath and then wept. The sentiment expressed is helpful and could actually be healing in some ways, if our community will allow for that.
Our neighbor over here in Winchester, N.H., recently hung a Trump flag, and the neighborhood is reeling because we were unsuspecting of this person's support of this candidate for president.
I have a large peace flag hanging on the front of my house, and I wonder what my neighbor's feelings are about that.
Your editorial is nudging me to walk across the street and try to talk to him. Maybe we share some core values, maybe we don't.
This is a difficult journey for all of us.
Thank you.
Mary Gannon
Winchester, N.H.
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