Photos from Sept. 7-9., 2023 edition
![A giant slide found a more than willing slider in 5-year-old Lailani Maragh during the 17th Annual WE CARE Community Festival on Aug. 12 at Hotchkiss Community Center. The annual festival promotes wellness and education.](https://epmgaa.media.clients.ellingtoncms.com/img/photos/2023/09/07/A1_KID_WE__CARE_COMMUNITY_FESTIVAL_SS_081223_006_t620.jpg?fbf2daa044e08a86b24c9c38cd7501865a0e2373)
A giant slide found a more than willing slider in 5-year-old Lailani Maragh during the 17th Annual WE CARE Community Festival on Aug. 12 at Hotchkiss Community Center. The annual festival promotes wellness and education.
![Barriers were removed on Aug. 29 at the former site of the Robert E. Lee statue on Richmond’s Monument Avenue. The circular space is now covered with flowers and greenery.](https://epmgaa.media.clients.ellingtoncms.com/img/photos/2023/09/07/Cityscape_t620.jpg?fbf2daa044e08a86b24c9c38cd7501865a0e2373)
Barriers were removed on Aug. 29 at the former site of the Robert E. Lee statue on Richmond’s Monument Avenue. The circular space is now covered with flowers and greenery.
![Late summer bloom on Monument Avenue](https://epmgaa.media.clients.ellingtoncms.com/img/photos/2023/09/07/COMMUNITY_GARDEN_MONUMENT_AVE_082923_RHB2_t620.jpg?fbf2daa044e08a86b24c9c38cd7501865a0e2373)
Late summer bloom on Monument Avenue