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Virginia Grit: From Poverty to Policymaker, Creating Opportunity for Everyone
In this moving and compelling memoir, David Reid tells a difficult and yet inspiring story of perseverance and dedication to public service.

 

Growing up poor in the Virginia mountains, the first in his family to graduate from college, Reid remembers thinking: I owe something to the nation that has given me so much. The author has now served 23 years in the Navy Reserves, including two deployments to South Korea. He was awarded the Navy & Marine Corps Commendation Medal on three occasions, and served seven years in the Virginia House of Delegates.

 

"I'll leave it to others to determine whether I've repaid my debt to the nation...but I sure tried," he writes.

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Virginia Grit: From Poverty to Policymaker, Creating Opportunity for Everyone
In this moving and compelling memoir, David Reid tells a difficult and yet inspiring story of perseverance and dedication to public service.

 

Growing up poor in the Virginia mountains, the first in his family to graduate from college, Reid remembers thinking: I owe something to the nation that has given me so much. The author has now served 23 years in the Navy Reserves, including two deployments to South Korea. He was awarded the Navy & Marine Corps Commendation Medal on three occasions, and served seven years in the Virginia House of Delegates.

 

"I'll leave it to others to determine whether I've repaid my debt to the nation...but I sure tried," he writes.

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Virginia Grit: From Poverty to Policymaker, Creating Opportunity for Everyone

Virginia Grit: From Poverty to Policymaker, Creating Opportunity for Everyone

by David Reid
Virginia Grit: From Poverty to Policymaker, Creating Opportunity for Everyone

Virginia Grit: From Poverty to Policymaker, Creating Opportunity for Everyone

by David Reid

Overview

In this moving and compelling memoir, David Reid tells a difficult and yet inspiring story of perseverance and dedication to public service.

 

Growing up poor in the Virginia mountains, the first in his family to graduate from college, Reid remembers thinking: I owe something to the nation that has given me so much. The author has now served 23 years in the Navy Reserves, including two deployments to South Korea. He was awarded the Navy & Marine Corps Commendation Medal on three occasions, and served seven years in the Virginia House of Delegates.

 

"I'll leave it to others to determine whether I've repaid my debt to the nation...but I sure tried," he writes.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9798987407691
Publisher: Clyde Hill Publishing
Publication date: 04/16/2024
Pages: 152
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.35(d)

About the Author

David Alan Reid (born January 14, 1962) is an American politician and retired US Navy Reserve commander. Reid was elected to the Virginia House of Delegates in 2017. He is a Democrat representing the 28th District, which includes much of eastern Loudoun County in Northern Virginia. Lexington, Virginia, U.S.
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