🏷️ 𝖫𝗈𝗐 𝗀𝖺𝗌 𝗉𝗋𝗂𝖼𝖾𝗌 𝖿𝗈𝗋 𝗇𝗈𝗐… but soon no more pumps 🛒

The federal government has 500,000 gas stations in its crosshairs

Unsubscribe 𝖤𝖽𝗂𝗍𝗈𝗋'𝗌 𝖭𝗈𝗍𝖾: 𝖮𝖼𝖼𝖺𝗌𝗂𝗈𝗇𝖺𝗅𝗅𝗒, 𝖺𝗇 𝗈𝗉𝗉𝗈𝗋𝗍𝗎𝗇𝗂𝗍𝗒 𝖼𝗈𝗆𝖾𝗌 𝗍𝗈 𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝖺𝗍𝗍𝖾𝗇𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇 𝖺𝗍 𝖯𝗋𝗈𝖿𝗂𝗍 𝖣𝖺𝗂𝗅𝗒 𝖨𝗇𝗌𝗂𝗀𝗁𝗍𝗌 𝗐𝖾 𝖻𝖾𝗅𝗂𝖾𝗏𝖾 𝗋𝖾𝖺𝖽𝖾𝗋𝗌 𝗅𝗂𝗄𝖾 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗐𝗂𝗅𝗅 𝖿𝗂𝗇𝖽 𝗏𝖺𝗅𝗎𝖺𝖻𝗅𝖾. 𝖳𝗁𝖾 𝗆𝖾𝗌𝗌𝖺𝗀𝖾 𝖻𝖾𝗅𝗈𝗐 𝖿𝗋𝗈𝗆 𝗈𝗇𝖾 𝗈𝖿 𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝗉𝖺𝗋𝗍𝗇𝖾𝗋𝗌 𝗂𝗌 𝗈𝗇𝖾 𝗐𝖾 𝖻𝖾𝗅𝗂𝖾𝗏𝖾 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗌𝗁𝗈𝗎𝗅𝖽 𝗍𝖺𝗄𝖾 𝖺 𝖼𝗅𝗈𝗌𝖾 𝗅𝗈𝗈𝗄 𝖺𝗍. This is like something right out of the Twilight Zone. Right as gas prices start coming back down to reality… Many are on course to close permanently! Turns out… The federal government has 500,000 gas stations in its crosshairs. A study by Boston Consulting Group says 1 in 4 will be gone in the next decade. So look around the next time you're out driving. Many of your usual fill-up spots may be on the chopping block. I know it's hard to imagine. I didn't believe it either… until I saw this video, shot live on the scene. I strongly encourage you to give it a look if you're the slightest bit interested in what's going to happen in this country. Sincerely, Maria Bonaventura Senior Managing Editor, Rogue Economics Privacy Policy | Terms & Conditions   You're receiving this email because you're a reader who opted-in for emails on our  sister website.   The easiest way to guarantee you get every email is to whitelist us.   Thinking about unsubscribing? We hope not! But, if you must, the button is below. Unsubscribe 232 Capitol St, Charleston, WV 25301, USA Copyright © 2023 Profit Daily Insights. All Rights Reserved. The Virginia Quay Settlers Monument is a public monument in Tower Hamlets, London, to the first settlers of the Colony of Virginia who departed from here in 1606.[1][2] The monument has its origins in a plaque erected on the Brunswick Dock master's house in 1928. The house was badly damaged by bombing during the Second World War and in 1951 the plaque was incorporated into a monument erected during development of the site into the Brunswick Wharf Power Station. The monument was designed by Harold Brown and consisted of rough-hewn granite blocks from the walls of the West India Docks surmounted by a bronze sculpture of a mermaid. The mermaid was later stolen. The monument was refurbished by Barratt Homes during redevelopment in 1999. A polished granite plinth was added and the mermaid replaced by an astrolabe sculpted by Wendy Taylor. The monument is currently located on the riverside facing the Millennium Dome. Background Viriginia Quay was originally known as Blackwall, a small and isolated settlement in marshy surroundings. A causeway led to the Blackwall Stairs, a slipway and staircase providing access to the river. It was used as a departure point for several explorers including Martin Frobisher for his second expedition to the north-west passage and associated with shipbuilding in the area.[3] The site was the location for the departure of the expedition that founded the Colony of Virginia in the modern-day United States.[4] The expedition's three vessels, the Susan Constant, Discovery and the Godspeed left from this point on 19 December 1606. The expedition went on to found Jamestown, the first permanent English settlement in the Americas.[5] First plaque Blackwall became the site of the Brunswick (East India Export) Dock in 1806.[5] In 1928 a bronze plaque was erected on the dock master's house (Brunswick House, located around 100 yards (91 m) west of the current location of the monument) by an organisation named by Historic England as both the Society for the Protection of West Virginia Artefacts and the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities.[4] The plaque recorded the departure from this site of "105 adventurers". It names the captains of the ships (Christopher Newport, Bartholomew Gosnold and John Ratcliffe) and mentions the founding of Jamestown in April 1607 by Captain John Smith, Edward Maria Wingfield and Robert Hunt. It also noted that Jamestown was the site, on 30 July 1619, of the first democratic assembly held in America (the House of Burgesses).[4] Monument The original monument sits atop a later plinth Brunswick House was damaged by German bombing during the Second World War and was later demolished. The plaque was saved and in 1951 added to a monument which was donated by the Port of London Authority.[4] During this time the East India Export Dock was being backfilled to provide land for the Brunswick Wharf Power Station. The monument was designed by Harold Brown and consisted of a pile of rough granite blocks "hewn from the old quay wall of the historic West India Docks". It was topped by a bronze statue of a mermaid sat in a shell. The granite was meant to represent the resilience of the first settlers and the mermaid represented the "call of the sea".[6] The monument was unveiled by the United States ambassador to Britain Walter Sherman Gifford. The mermaid was later stolen; it was recovered from auction around 2007 but not reinstated.[4] Renovation Detail of the 1999 astrolabe The power station was demolished in 1988–89 and the site was later developed by Barratt Homes.[3] In 1999 Barratt resited the monument onto a paved terrace on the riverbank, opposite the Millennium Dome.[5][4] The missing mermaid was replaced by a bronze sculpture of an astrolabe, a navigation instrument the expedition would have used, designed by Wendy Taylor.[4] Barratt also added a polished granite plinth with an inscription noting the work done and the relocation of the monument.[4] The renovated monument was unveiled by the US ambassador to Britain Philip Lader in a ceremony supported by the Jamestowne Society and featuring a marchpast by pike and musket re-enactors.[5][4] The site originally had three flagpoles which were used to fly two flags of the United States and the Union Flag; it now has four flagpoles which fly one of each of the flags plus the flag of England and the flag of Virginia.[5] Barratt themed their development around the association with Virginia. The streets were named after Jamestown, Newport and the Pilgrims. Later housing developments by the Ballymore Group at nearby New Providence Wharf also use Virginia-themed names[5] The monument was granted statutory protection as a grade II listed building by Historic England on 9 March 2017. The organisation considers that as well as its own significance the monument has value in association with the statue of Pocahontas further downriver at Gravesend, Kent (Pocahontas has been closely associated with Smith). Other nearby listed structures are also mentioned in the listing, including the Blackwall Engineering Dry Dock and the Blackwall Pier and entrance lock (belonging to the former East India Dock basin).[4]