Public building in the modern era, its influence on other state capitols, county courthouses and public buildings that are famous up in d. C. Cant are underestimated. Ivan them described as the iconic buildings in d. C. As the sequel to the Virginia State capitol back here in richmond. We started off with our First Political center at jamestown, which is the oldest englishspeaking settlement in north america. And that was used throughout the 16 hundreds and there were multiple buildings, public and private used for government meetings. And then when we moved to williamsburg we built a capital in the english colonial tradition which burned down in the middle of the 17 hundredans we rebuilt a second one. And it was the second capitol in williamsburg that we left behind when we moved here to richmond during the revolutionary war. And interestingly mr. Jefferson who introduced the bill to relocate to richmond, by the time we made the move a year later he was serving as governor and he got
Public building that has hosted the oldest elected lawmaking legislature active in the western hemisphere today. In terms of architecture, since we are the First American State Capitol to open after the revolutionary war and since we are the first monumental roman temple style public building in the modern era its influence on other State Capitols, county courthouses and public buildings that are very famous in washington, d. C. , cannot be underestimated. I have heard an architectural historian describe the iconic government buildings in washington, d. C. , as the sequel to the virginia State Capitol back here in richmond. Well, we started off with our First Political center at jamestown, which is the oldest English Speaking settlement in north america. And that was used throughout the 1600s. There were multiple buildings, public and private, used for government meetings. When we moved to williamsburg we built a capitol in the english colonial tradition which burned down in the middle
She joins us live the scene to explain how this all happened. This is where those officers fired at the suspect on roanoke ave describe scene if officers are still out. A silver mini van slowly gets towed away on whickam avenue its where police found two men shot to death inside today. On the front side of the car a dent. Police say they were first called to the scene for a crash but then found the two men dead. Chester williams lives nearby and came to the scene after hearing about it on the news. 54;07 one was slumped on the back and one was slumped in the passenger seat so the person who was driving was gone and the person behind him gone detectives got a tip that two guys were on the run. An officer and a sargent were able to catch up to one of them a few blocks away on roanoke avenue where they began police havent said what prompted the offficers to start shooting and at this point, they arent releasing if that man had a weapon. 48;13 during that encounter with that male subject o
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