Swimming was banned in 1940. Beautiful Onondaga Lake. People spoke of it with pride. Now they barely speak of… — Robin Wall Kimmerer
Swimming was banned in 1940. Beautiful Onondaga Lake. People spoke of it with pride. Now they barely speak of it at all, as if it were a family member whose demise was so shameful that the name never comes up.
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