SHAPING THE HISTORICAL NARRATIVE

Posted on April 29, 2016May 3, 2016 by Brooke Harty

AS I WALKED ALONG East Clay Street in downtown Richmond, past the VCU Hospital and its sprawling medical center, it would be easy to dismiss the gray, unassuming building, number 1201, for any other historic mansion in the city. But that would be a mistake. For this is the Confederate White House (right), the former Read more about SHAPING THE HISTORICAL NARRATIVE[…]

EVERGREEN CEMETERY: RESTING IN PIECES

Posted on April 28, 2016May 8, 2016 by Molly Brind'Amour

TO REACH EVERGREEN CEMETERY, you take the bus from downtown Richmond: Board at 7th and Marshall, pay $1.50, then ride about 20 stops until you arrive at Nine Mile and Echo. As you step off the bus, there is no sidewalk, just short grass and dilapidated houses and power lines. Then you walk along empty Read more about EVERGREEN CEMETERY: RESTING IN PIECES[…]