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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Y80_italians-in-richmond_Richmond-VA.html
Italian immigrants were a small but cohesive segment of Richmond's population by the 1850s. Local artist Ferruccio Legnaioli, who employed many Italian immigrant artisans, influenced the cityscape with his ornamental designs for the facades of pro…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ESG_emek-sholom-holocaust-memorial_Richmond-VA.html
On November 6, 1955, the New American Jewish Club, a group of immigrants and survivors of the Nazi purge of European Jewry, gathered here to unveil the three center sections of this Holocaust memorial, one of the first such memorials in North Amer…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM15VB_first-lieutenant-jimmie-w-monteith-jr_Richmond-VA.html
Commemorating the beautiful life ofFirst Lieutenant Jimmie W. Monteith, Jr.He died June 6, 1944 on the shores of Normandy and lies buried at St. Laurent, France. Age 26 years. A Virginia by birth, descending from a long line of her patriots, he ke…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM11PH_defending-richmond_Richmond-VA.html
"The fortifications constructed by the Confederate army in this vicinity & about Richmond are miles in extent & I must add that they are as strong, if not the strongestin the world." - Julian Scott, Union Army Veteran May 1865
From the war's be…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMN6A_chickahominy-bluff_Richmond-VA.html
(left panel)Visiting Richmond National Battlefield Park
The concentration of Civil War resources found in the Richmond area is unparalleled. The National Park Service manages 13 sites, giving visitors an opportunity to examine the battlefield l…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJG1_old-dominion-building_Richmond-VA.html
William Lawrence Bottomley (1883-1951), the well-known architect who planned a number of sophisticated Colonial Revival houses for wealthy Richmond-area clients, also designed this large utilitarian structure. In 1946, Atlantic Rural Exposition, I…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM985_richmond-defences_Richmond-VA.html
Here ran the intermediate line of Richmond defences. Built in 1862-64, these defences included 25 inner forts and batteries, beyond which this continuous earthwork encircled the city. The third or outer line was distant from the capitol 4 to 7 mil…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKL_bacons-quarter_Richmond-VA.html
Nathaniel Bacon (1647-1676), leader of Bacon's Rebellion, acquired land in 1674 at Curles Neck in Henrico County and property near the falls on the north side of the James River that became known as Bacon's Quarter in what is now present-day Richm…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HML_barton-heights-cemeteries_Richmond-VA.html
The Burying Ground Society of the Free People of Color of Richmond established its cemetery (later renamed Cedarwood) here in 1815. African Americans eventually founded five more cemeteries here: Union Burial Ground (later called Union Mechanics),…