This is the lates blog entry in a series introducing LVA employees and exploring what they do day-to-day. If you are interested in what goes…
Vince BrooksJanuary 24, 2022
‘Teaching a School of Negro Children’: The Story of Elizabeth McKennon
In August 1852, Elizabeth McKennon was accused of assembling with “fifteen negroes” at a house on Second Street in the…
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Today is National Squirrel Appreciation Day. While the clever little rodents are ubiquitous in urban and suburban settings today, that was not always so. According…
Vince BrooksJanuary 21, 2022
This northern Shenandoah Valley county is named for John Page, Governor of Virginia from 1802-1805. Land from Rockingham and Shenandoah counties created the county in…
Callie FreedJanuary 19, 2022
In the historic Evergreen Cemetery, segregated resting place of many generations of Richmond’s Black families, lies the gravestone of Edward S. Brown. A visitor could…
Library of VirginiaJanuary 17, 2022
If you ever found yourself clicking through the various pages on the Library of Virginia website, you may have come across one detailing the State…
Emeline AlexanderJanuary 12, 2022
Pocahontas, Virginia, is a tiny town in the mountains of Southwest Virginia. Formerly a large coal-mining town, its population has dwindled since the last coal…
Guest ContributorJanuary 10, 2022
