I remember being dropped off at the top of the Great Smoky Mountains as a 15-year-old walking through the snow knowing that I was on my own.
Lamar Alexander: “I remember being dropped off at the top of the Great Smoky Mountains as a 15-year-old walking through the snow knowing…”
On the recordSeptember 26, 2017
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Senator Alexander recalls a personal experience in the Great Smoky Mountains emphasizing solitude in nature.
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