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This weekend the Boulevard, a historic road through Virginia’s capital city, will be renamed to Arthur Ashe Boulevard. That’s in honor of the tennis great…
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This weekend, the American Civil War Museum opens in Richmond for the first time. The institution is six years in the making, the result of a merger…
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Former New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu was in Richmond Tuesday.He spoke with the city’s mayor and shared some of the things he learned in his quest to…
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Virginia officials are rolling out a year-long campaign to honor the state’s history. It’s called American Evolution, and is pegged to the 400th…
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At the beginning of World War Two, the Army began an unusual project. It surveyed its soldiers for their comments and ideas. Participation was voluntary…
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It is a question that has long vexed America: How do we teach our history of slavery? This month, James Madison’s Montpelier started working on an…
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The Slave Dwelling Project recently held its largest ever event at the University of Virginia to commemorate the hundreds of enslaved men, women and…
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When Libby Germer started teaching at Wythe High School in Richmond, it was her first time teaching at a school where most of her students didn't look…
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Virginia police once threw Richard and Mildred Loving into jail. She was black and he was white, and they had gotten married. It was 1958, and in Virginia…
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Here’s a little Thanksgiving trivia for your holiday table. The Pilgrims did not celebrate the first Thanksgiving. That’s a distinction claimed by…