Ericka Kopp, candidate for Virginia’s 1st Congressional District
This letter was submitted by Ericka Kopp, a 2014 VCU forensic science alumna and independent candidate for Virginia’s 1st Congressional District.
The Revolutionary War began with the “shot heard ‘round the world” on April 19, 1775. In 1776, the U.S. declared independence from British monarchical rule. The war officially ended in 1783, with the signing of the Treaty of Paris. From that point forward, the future was to be lived under no king’s rule…