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Jan. 6 Detainee Pens Birthday Letter ‘To My Future Free Self: You Will Not Break’

Jan. 6 Detainee Pens Birthday Letter ‘To My Future Free Self: You Will Not Break’
A display dedicated to Jan. 6 detainee Ronald Colton McAbee just inside the entrance to his Tennessee home. Joseph Hanneman/The Epoch Times
Joseph M. Hanneman
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UNIONVILLE, Tenn.—A handwritten, personal letter sits just inside the entrance to the McAbee home in this rural Tennessee town, awaiting the return of the man of the house.

Heartfelt and full of sage advice, the birthday letter is extra special because its author—Ronald Colton McAbee—wrote it from jail in the District of Columbia.

Joseph M. Hanneman
Joseph M. Hanneman
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Joseph M. Hanneman is a former reporter for The Epoch Times who focussed on the January 6 Capitol incursion and its aftermath, as well as general Wisconsin news. In 2022, he helped to produce "The Real Story of Jan. 6," an Epoch Times documentary about the events that day. Joe has been a journalist for nearly 40 years.
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