Posts Tagged History
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.
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From NPR News- Trump Again Contradicts Intelligence Officials, Says Russia Not Targeting U.S. July 18, 2018Less than 24 hours after stating his "full faith and support for America's great intelligence agencies," President Trump disagreed with them again, saying that Russia is not aiming at U.S. elections.
- Elon Musk Apologizes To Diver In Cave Rescue For Words 'Spoken In Anger' July 18, 2018The tech entrepreneur apologized after tweeting a personal attack on Vern Unsworth — the diver who used a vulgar comment to dismiss Musk's offer of help in the Thai cave rescue.
- Justice Department Calls Russian Woman, Maria Butina, A Flight Risk July 18, 2018The Russian woman living in the U.S. has been charged with working as an unregistered foreign agent. The Justice Department wants her detained until trial.
- Commercial Plane Flies From Ethiopia To Eritrea For First Time In 20 Years July 18, 2018After two decades of deadly conflict, the neighboring countries are rapidly reconciling. Demand was huge for the historic commercial flight, which was marked with champagne and roses.
- Marriott Follows Starbucks In Dropping Plastic Straws July 18, 2018The giant hotel chain became the latest company to announce it will stop using plastic straws, saying it would remove them from its more than 6,500 properties by next July.
- Trump Again Contradicts Intelligence Officials, Says Russia Not Targeting U.S. July 18, 2018
- From BBC News
- Cliff Richard: Singer wins BBC privacy case at High Court July 18, 2018The singer is awarded £210,000 in damages after the BBC breached his privacy with its reporting of a police raid at his home.
- Thai cave rescue boys relive 'moment of miracle' July 18, 2018The 12 boys rescued from a flooded cave recall their ordeal, saying they had no food for nine days.
- Boris Johnson: It is not too late to save Brexit July 18, 2018The ex-foreign secretary accuses the government of "dithering" and urges Theresa May to "change tack".
- Margaret Hodge faces 'action' over Corbyn anti-Semitism row July 18, 2018Dame Margaret Hodge is reported to have called Jeremy Corbyn "anti-Semitic".
- How a plot to kill the PM was foiled July 18, 2018The would-be attacker was trapped in an undercover operation involving the FBI, MI5 and police.
- Cliff Richard: Singer wins BBC privacy case at High Court July 18, 2018
