Posts Tagged History
Former New Orleans Mayor Visits Virginia, Talks Confederate Monuments
Posted by Nick Gilmore in Virginia's News on March 19, 2019
Former New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu (Credit: Creative Commons)
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 remove the Confederate monuments in his city. Mallory Noe-Payne was at the event and has this report.
Connecting Past to Present: Facing Uncomfortable Truths, Honoring UVA’s Slaves at First Symposium
Posted by Nick Gilmore in Virginia's News on October 25, 2017
More than 50 people spent the night behind UVA’s Pavilion IX during the Slave Dwelling Project’s largest ever sleepover. (Credit: Jordy Yager)
The Slave Dwelling Project recently held its largest ever event at the University of Virginia to commemorate the hundreds of enslaved men, women and children who built and ran the school in the 19th century. Nearly 3-dozen panels saw more than 100 speakers over the three days. But at the center was an outdoor sleepover in near freezing temperatures, where the enslaved would have slept. Jordy Yager reports.
First Thanksgiving in New England? Virginia Beat Them to It.
Posted by Nick Gilmore in Virginia's News on November 28, 2016
Credit: The First Thanksgiving / Jean Louis Gerome Ferris
Here’s a little Thanksgiving trivia for your holiday table. The Pilgrims did not celebrate the first Thanksgiving. That’s a distinction claimed by Florida. Even Virginia has an earlier Thanksgiving than Massachusetts. Michael Pope has more.
Subscribe to our RSS Feed
From NPR News- Former Congressman And Talk Radio Host Joe Walsh Announces Trump Primary Challenge August 25, 2019Walsh supported Trump during his 2016 campaign but of late has offered bitter critique of the president, calling him a liar, bully and unfit for office. Walsh has also attacked Trump from the right.
- A Trumpet Made Of Bullets And The Kids Who Inspired It Take Hope Around The Country August 25, 2019The Instrument of Hope, a trumpet made partly of bullets and inspired by the survivors of the 2018 Parkland, Fla., mass shooting, is touring the country to promote healing.
- In Hong Kong, Moderate And Radical Protesters Join Forces To Avoid Past Divisions August 25, 2019In 2014, Hong Kong's pro-democracy movement was beset by divisions. Now various protest factions are working together. "If either one gets hurt, we feel the other's pain," says a moderate lawmaker.
- Firearms Museum Focuses On Gun Safety, History And Culture August 25, 2019The Cody Firearms Museum in northwest Wyoming just got a makeover. It's moved away from being a monument to guns and toward being an educational space.
- Academic Science Rethinks All-Too-White 'Dude Walls' Of Honor August 25, 2019Historic portraits of revered scientists and doctors can be found all over medical schools and universities — and, as it happens, most feature white men. Some say this sends the wrong message.
- Former Congressman And Talk Radio Host Joe Walsh Announces Trump Primary Challenge August 25, 2019
- From BBC News
- England win epic Ashes test to keep series alive August 25, 2019Ben Stokes' astonishing 135 not out repeats his World Cup heroics and gives England one of their greatest victories and keep the Ashes alive.
- Watch the moment Stokes seals amazing win August 25, 2019Watch the moment that Ben Stokes hits Pat Cummins for four to level the Ashes at 1-1 and keep the series alive going into the fourth Test at Old Trafford.
- Brexit: Boris Johnson says odds of striking deal 'touch and go' August 25, 2019Boris Johnson previously said the chances of leaving without a deal were "a million to one".
- Donald Trump: UK is losing the 'anchor round its ankle' August 25, 2019Boris Johnson and US President Donald Trump talk Brexit over breakfast during the G7 summit.
- Mallorca aircraft collide in mid-air, killing at least seven August 25, 2019Two of those killed when a helicopter and an ultralight plane collided were under 18.
- England win epic Ashes test to keep series alive August 25, 2019
