Volunteers needed at the Black History Museum
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Archives: history
The Valentine hosting Scott’s Addition Walking Tour this Sunday
Those interested in attending should meet at the intersection of Boulevard and Norfolk Street at 2:00 PM.
Jackson Ward’s Lost Emperor: Charles Sidney Gilpin
Charles Sidney Gilpin was once a Broadway star and a stalwart detractor of African American stereotypes. What a bummer about his namesake, Gilpin Court.
Virginia Historical Society’s mead recipe to be recreated by Black Heath Meadery
Thirty gallons of mead will be made using a found recipe from 1802 and can be sampled at a tasting event September 8th.
VHS presents ‘A Native Son Comes Home: The Life and Legacy of Arthur Ashe’
The lecture takes place today at noon at the Virginia Historical Society.
VHS president emeritus hosting book launch and lecture July 9th
Charles F. Bryan, Jr. will host a lecture entitled “The History Crisis in America: Myth and Reality.”
Civil War: Endings and beginnings
Here it is, the end of a very long and very bloody road. Thus concludes our four-year series commemorating the 150th anniversary of the Civil War and its impact on Richmond.
Civil War: The Fall of Richmond
Lee flees, the city burns, and the liquor is literally flowing in the streets during this milestone day in our city’s past.
Civil War: A Breakthrough at Fort Stedman
In March of 1865, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee needed a miracle. And a bloody, tide-turning miracle he got…for about four hours. Then that tide turned right back around. It’s happening, y’all. The Civil War is about to end.
