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Patsy's Home; Winchester, Va., wasn't always crazy about Patsy Cline. But she's welcome now.
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The Washington Post
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July 7, 2004
- Author:
- Hank Stuever
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"I don't know what's wrong with this town. It's like they don't
want a person to make anything of herself."
-- Patsy Cline, according to biographer
Margaret Jones, from "Patsy: The Life
and Times of Patsy Cline" (1994)
Winchester, Va., and Patsy Cline are locked together forever, and
what's past is past: Patsy forgives Winchester its shortcomings, and
the town forgives her the less flattering details of her ambitious
rise to fame. This is where Virginia Patterson Hensley Dick was born
and reared. Before she became what she became (Patsy Cline, a jukebox
icon, a tragic loss, a postage stamp), it was her wildest ambition to
ride in an open convertible in the big parade at the city's annual ...