Posts Tagged History

Book explores memories of Appalachians forced to leave their land to build National Parks, dams and roads

Posted by Nick Gilmore in Virginia's News on July 25, 2022

Hankin family: The home of Harriet Hankins in the area of the proposed town at Norris Dam, 1933. (Credit: Lewis Hine Photographs for the Tennessee Valley Authority, Records of the Tennessee Valley Authority, Record Group 142, National Archives, Atlanta)

Imagine being told the government needed your land and you had a few weeks or months to move. This happened to thousands of people, to make room for national parks, and hydroelectric dams. Roxy Todd spoke with the editor of a new book, called “Lost in Transition,” about those who were forced to leave home.

Appalachia, Blue Ridge Parkway, History, National Park Service, Shenandoah National Park, Tourism

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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.

Confederate Monuments, History, New Orleans

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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.

African American History, History, Slavery, University of Virginia

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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.