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Layers of Loveliness
Susan Dewey finds plenty of places to show off to friends and relatives who visit the Richmond area.
Joe Mahoney / Media General News ServiceSusan Dewey, executive director of the Virginia Housing Development Authority, finds plenty of places to show off to friends and relatives who visit the Richmond area. Among them is the ...
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Lively Repose: Hollywood Cemetery Tours Offer Adventure
Eighteen thousand Confederate soldiers are buried in the cemetery, as are two Virginia-born U.S. presidents – John Tyler and James Monroe. Matthew Fontaine Maury (Pathfinder of the Seas) rests there, ...
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VIDEO: Day in the Life of Rev. Benjamin Campbell
The Rev. Benjamin Campbell shares what he loves about living in Richmond.
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The Jewel of Richmond
Best known as the creator of Connecticut, the Indian statue at The Diamond, the Arthur Ashe statue on Monument Avenue and Neptune in Virginia Beach, Paul DiPasquale said the city’s hills ...
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Getting an Overview
The Rev. Benjamin Campbell talked about what he has witnessed living in one of Richmond’s oldest neighborhoods for the last few decades and shared his thoughts on what makes the ...
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Rite of Passage
Students get memorable tours of the Capitol
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Richmond Statues - Boatman's Tower
Located at 10th & Cary Streets, Boatman's Tower was dedicated in 1986 and designed as a tribute to canal life from 1785-1879. The 45-foot limestone tower houses a 25-bell carillon ...
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American Civil War Center
Tour the American Civil War Center, telling Union, Confederate and black stories all in one place.
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Breakthrough Battle in Dinwiddie
Two brothers, separated four years by war, meet on the field for the first time in a breakthrough battle of the Civil War.
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Virginia Civil Rights Memorial
The Virginia Civil Rights Memorial is the first statue on the grounds of the historic Capitol to include depictions of blacks and women in prominent roles
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Battlefields as green space
The Richmond National Battlefield Park protects more than 2,000 acres of land in its 11 units spread throughout Richmond.
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Washington statue is father of city works
Jean Antoine Houdon’s statue inside the Virginia State Capitol is the only sculpture done of George Washington from life.
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Landmark Theater
Richmond's Landmark Theater: 6 N. Laurel Street in the middle of Virginia Commonwealth University's Monroe Park Campus.
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Howitzers Monument
Richmond Howitzers Monument: Park and Grove avenues at Harrison Street. Commemorates a Richmond Civil War artillery unit.
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Richmond Light Infantry Blues Monument
Richmond Light Infantry Blues Monument, Sixth Street, near the Richmond Coliseum. A memorial to the Light Infantry Blues, which existed from 1789 until 1968.
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Hollywood Cemetery
Hollywood Cemetery is the biggest art gallery in the city. Its 145 hilly acres unfold like a textbook on Victorian stonework and stained glass.
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Canal Walk
Canal Walk, adjacent to north bank of James River from Tredegar Iron Works at Fifth Street to 17th Street, with pedestrian entrances to the walk at Tredegar Iron Works, Seventh, ...
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Statues of Downtown Richmond
Take a look at the statues of Downtown Richmond
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Lt. Gen. A.P. Hill statue
Confederate Lt. Gen. A.P. Hill was buried standing up. It took three tries before he reached his final resting place.
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'Headman' on Brown's Island
The 9-foot-tall bronze “Headman” statue on Brown’s Island, near the foot of the bridge over the Haxall Canal at the of 7th Street, depicts a 19th-century James River boatman and ...
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Richmond Slavery Reconciliation Statue
A years-long effort on three continents culminated in the March 31, 2007, unveiling of the Richmond Slavery Reconciliation Statue, not far from Richmond’s former slave market in Shockoe Bottom.
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Lincoln statue at Tredegar Iron Works
The statue is on display at Richmond National Battlefield Parks Tredegar Iron Works Civil War Visitor Centeron display at Richmond National Battlefield Parks Tredegar Iron Works Civil War Visitor Center
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History of many of Richmond's best-known statues
When novelist Henry James visited Richmond in 1903, he stood below the proud figure of Gen. Robert E. Lee on the western edge of the city and felt a sadness.
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History on the Heights
If you’re wondering what’s Colonial about Colonial Heights, Henry Kidd can tell you. Better yet, he can show you.
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Looking Through Lee's Eyes
Virginia’s network of Civil War Trails can take you here, there and everywhere around the state. The place they take you first is through Amelia County on the path of ...
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