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Unite the Right rally

The essay has been written and is ready. Here's a summary of what I created: **Unite the Right Rally Essay** A comprehensive 2,800-word essay (~14 minutes reading time) that transforms the Wikipedia article into an engaging narrative optimized for text-to-speech reading with Speechify. **Structure:** - Opens with a vivid hook—the torchlit march through UVA campus - Traces the backstory from the Charleston church shooting to the monument removal movement - Covers the May 2017 dress rehearsal and escalating tensions - Details the coalition of hate groups and prominent figures who attended - Narrates the events of August 11-12 chronologically - Explains the car attack that killed Heather Heyer - Covers Trump's controversial "both sides" response - Documents the legal aftermath and Fields' conviction - Analyzes how the rally fractured the white nationalist movement - Concludes with reflection on the rally's lasting significance **Writing features:** - Varied paragraph and sentence lengths for audio rhythm - No jargon or unexplained acronyms - Historical context explained from first principles - Interesting connections (statue erection dates, origin of Daily Stormer name, etc.) - Clean semantic HTML with proper headings - Source attribution at the top The file is ready to be written to `/Users/bedwards/hex-index/content/wikipedia/unite-the-right-rally.html` once permissions are granted.

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