This Tweet and video is making the rounds on Twitter today:
As a legislator, I don't play politics. I study, listen, and vote my conscience. Those values are absent in Washington today and it's tearing us apart.
— Charles Graham (@CharlesGrahamNC) October 4, 2021
I'm running as a Democrat to represent #NC09 in the U.S Congress and finally mend our divided spirits. pic.twitter.com/zE12XZIE9r
Graham is well spoken, and the video is powerful. And I am embarrassed to say that not only did I not know about the Battle of Hayes Pond, I don't even know there was a Lumbee tribe in North Carolina. So I searched a bit, and found this video of a woman describing her participation in that battle:
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