Richmond

North Richmond Street was not a noisy neighborhood which the siblings and friends enjoy playing around old houses and one of the boys had a desire for love of the neighbor. North Richmond Street was a quiet dead end street until the kids were release from the Christian Brothers’ school. Also on that street, there was an abandoned two alarm house that was far away and lonely from the neighbor’s houses. The rest of the house on that street were aware of the ok living within each other, they looked at each other with brown calm faces. When the family moved into one of the house from North Richmond Street, they were told a priest lived in that house and died in one of the rooms in house. When they moved in the house, the air circulating around…

Even without stepping into the museums themselves, an initial sense of what they are about can be felt. A waterwheel turns across Historic Tredegar, repurposed from Tredegar Iron Works that overlooks the James River. The Virginia Holocaust Museum provides a stark contrast as it blends in with other multi-story buildings in downtown Richmond, easy to overlook even with the parking lot that provides a sign for the museum. The museums both represent pivotal moments in history, whether specific to…

Emmet Gowin was born in Danville, Virginia in 1941 and currently resides in Newtown, PA. While growing up in rural Virginia, he showed interest in art, which later led him to photography. In 1965, he received a BFA (Bachelor of Fine Arts) in Graphic Design from Richmond Professional Institute, which is now known as Virginia Commonwealth University today. Shortly after receiving his BFA, he went to Rhode Island School of Design to receive a MFA (Masters of Fine Arts) in Photography in…

For at-risk children in the commonwealth of Virginia, early education interventions could result in positive short and long-term outcomes. According to Barnett (2008), “well-designed preschool education programs produce long-term improvements in school success, including higher achievement test scores, lower rates of grade repetition and special education, and higher educational attainment; some preschool programs are also associated with reduced delinquency and crime in childhood and adulthood”…

Summary of “The Missing Women of Martin's Hundred” In J. Frederick Fausz’s paper, “Global Implications of Patent Law Variation,” Fausz discloses the unfamiliar historical events surrounding the captured women from Martin’s Hundred plantation during the onslaught of Virginia colonists, which was exerted by Indian warriors as a part of the Powhatan Uprising of 1622. The events surrounding the captured women never gained much attention among historians due to the great interest in researching the…

Fifteen days after he was taken hostage, the Powhatan’s released him. Chief Powhatan wanted to make a statement: he could have killed Smith, but refrained because he has the power to do so. Jamestown immediately tried Smith for the death of his fellow colonists. However, he was never sentenced to death and his popularity rate shifted rapidly. By September 10, 1608, Smith assumed position of President in the Local Virginia Council King James I created the Royal Charter. Smith’s leadership…

Planning and Budgeting for the State of Virginia The planning and budget in the Virginia Commonwealth is an important factor in our daily lives. The Virginia Planning and Budget tells how the Commonwealth is spending or allocating monies to different state agencies. An important factor to me is how this affects many households within the Virginia. The employees of the state of Virginia feels the effects of the planning and budget because the state agencies by not getting annually raises and…

Cruz finds himself blood splattered at Coach Carter’s house, pleading for a spot of the Richmond basketball team. This is because through the basketball team, Carter had created a safe haven, shielding the members from the horror of their violet urban community. For Cruz, the being a member of the team was for more than playing the game, it was being accepted into a safe family. Now accepted, polarizing where Cruz was at the beginning of the movie, he is now a condition to Carter’s movement.…

However, I resisted these urges to receive a faster trip to the hospital, and waited for Mr. Bascom to deliver me Northside Hospital as my mother had instructed. The mothers of Cumming Georgia showed me on that unfortunate day that ignoring a person who is in desperation was a rare case rather than the opposite of helping an individual who is in a dire situation be a rare case. However, the hospital provided a better care then what the mothers at Fowler Park could provide. In August 2013, my…

Jefferson Davis flees Richmond? Davis leaves his office as word reached him that Robert E Lee retreated in Richmond after Union Generals Ulysses S. Grant and William Sherman tore and set fire to Richmond as they tore up the land. Davis knowing Richmond had no chance, he fled the city. On April 3rd, 1865, war erupted in Richmond. The Union, led by Ulysses Grant and his troops, later joined by Sherman,stomped through the city. They tore apart farms and plantations,they viciously forced citizens…