Saturday, Jan. 22
• Eaton may look like the quintessential American town with the famous Little White Church, but, like many other towns, it harbors political divisions where longtime friends have ceased speaking to one another, and where, within blocks or even doors of one another, a Confederate flag, a gay pride flag, a Black Lives Matter flag and other banners compete.
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