Heather Heyer

4. Here is the spot where on August 11 & 12, a neo-nazi murdered Heather Heyer by accelerating down this street and hitting her. The downtown mall is full of cute little spots, but it’s also the site of this horror. I think one of the hardest things about coming to UVa in 2018 was that so much had happened in the years before and as students we have to live with all of these scary, horrible things that we didn’t actually live through. I wasn’t in CHarlottesville in 2017. I didn’t even really follow the news. I saw the pictures and I was horrified, but not surprised. Virginia’s history is devastating and as someone who lives in Northern Virginia, I never really associated myself with Southern or Central Virginia. Coming to UVa made me confront all of this state’s actions, politics, and incidents. While this spot has no personal meaning for me, it is a part of the Downtown Mall’s history and must be examined