Jamie Burton, of Glen Allen, Va., and her three children, left to right, Carter, Cayden and Josie, write chalk messages to their neighbors as they stay at home during the coronavirus outbreak, Thursday, March 26, 2020. (AP Photo/Denise Lavoie)
March 28, 2020
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March 28, 2020 3:30 a.m.
A walk through town: Families, coronavirus and togetherness
GLEN ALLEN, Va. (AP) — In a quiet suburb just north of Richmond, Virginia, a mother and her three children spend a weekday afternoon planting a small garden of spinach, red cabbage and lettuce. Across town, a dad teaches his kids how to play volleyball on an empty court. In a sprawling park, a father shows his son and daughter the perfect flick of the wrist to skip rocks in a stream.