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Richmond, Va., Schools Rename the Last of Their Confederate-Named Schools
as the city that was once the capital of the confederacy—Richmond, Va.—announced plans to rename its last schools with Confederacy-linked names. The school board said four schools would ...
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FROM RICHMOND.; Business in Richmond Reviving--Refugees to be Sent Home--The Oath of Allegiance to be Taken by All--The Railroads.
RICHMOND, Va., Friday, April 28, 1865. Such portions of the business parts of Richmond as were not injured by the fire are beginning to assume a more cheerful and business aspect. Nearly all the ...
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Richmond's Robert E. Lee statue will move to the city's Black History Museum
Richmond was capital of the Confederacy for most of the Civil War, from 1861 until 1865. And Virginia once had the most Confederate statues in the country. In Charlottesville, Va., the city ...
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Some Richmond schools are getting new names. What did the community choose?
RICHMOND, Va. -- Several schools in the City of Richmond will soon be getting new names after a vote by the school board Monday. After over 400 submissions came to the board since asking for ...