Before the Civil War, disputes among Congress members were settled with pistol-drawing duels. In Maryland, the land on which some of those duels happened is now covered with art projecting a different message of peace.

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It’s estimated that at least 50 people died at the Bladensburg Dueling Grounds in Colmar Manor. There’s a creek nearby that was formerly known as “Blood Run” or “The Dark and Bloody Grounds.”

Now, this place of violence is being reclaimed in the name of peace and hope.

Over the summer, a

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