History tv. Over the next two hours we will explore the rich and varied history of the city located on the james river as we torqued sites and special collections that tell the story of richmond from its founding to today. Atbegin with a look virginias capital, the First Capital building in the United States completed after the revolution. We are inside a working public building that has hosted the longest working acting legislature today. Since we are the First American State Capitol to open after the American Revolutionary war and the first monumental roman temple style public building in the modern era, its influence on countytate capitols, courthouses, and public buildings that are very famous in washington, d. C. Cannot be underestimated. I have heard an architectural described the iconic buildings in washington, d. C. As a sequel to the virginia State Capitol back here in richmond. We start with our First Political center in jamestown, the oldest englishspeaking settlement in nor
Underestimated. I have heard an architectural historian described the iconic buildings in washington, d. C. As a sequel to the Virginia State capitol back here in richmond. We start with our First Political center in jamestown, the oldest englishspeaking settlement in north america and that was used throughout the 1600s. There are multiple buildings, public and private, used for public meetings. Then when we moved to williamsburg we build and capitol in the english tradition. That burned down and we rebuilt the second one. It was the second capitol and williamsburg we left behind when we moved to richmond during the revolutionary war. Interestingly, mr. Jefferson, who introduced the bill to relocate to jefferson, of the time we made the move he was serving as governor and i to oversee the process. If you think of the capitol as an essay in architecture, the primary author was thomas jefferson. At the time we were getting ready to break ground for a new public building in richmond in 17
Mr. Greenough we are inside a working public building that has hosted the longest working elected active legislature today. Since we are the First American State Capitol to open after the American Revolutionary war and 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. In fact, i have heard an architectural historian described the iconic buildings in washington, d. C. , as a sequel to the virginia State Capitol back here in richmond. We start with our First Political center at jamestown, the oldest englishspeaking settlement in north america and that was used throughout the 1600s. There were multiple buildings, public and private, used for public meetings. Then when we moved to williamsburg, we built a capitol in the english tradition. It burned down in the middle of the 1700s. We built a second one. It was the sec
Historian described the iconic government buildings in washington, d. C. As the sequel to the Virginia State capitol in richmond. We started off with the First Political center at jamestown which was the oldest englishspeaking settlement in north america. The was used throughout 1600s and there were multiple buildings, public and private, use for government buildings. When we moved to williamsburg, we built a capital in the english colonial tradition, which burned down in the middle of the 1700 and we rebuilt the second one. The second capital in williamsburg that we left behind when we moved to richmond during the revolutionary war. Introducedon who had a bill to relocate to richmond, by the time we made the move a year later, he was serving as governor and got to oversee the process. If you think of the capital as in architecture, the primary author was thomas jefferson. At the time we were getting ready to break ground for a new public building in richmond in 1785, jefferson had lef
Lawrence douglas. Do solemnly swear that i will support the constitution of the United States and the constitution of the Common Wealth of virginia and that i will faithfully and impartially discharge all of the duties incumbent upon me as governor of virginia according to the best of my ability so help you you god. Congratulations. [cheers and applause] thank you. Great moment. How did you know you we wanted to get into politics. I didnt want to get into politics because i didnt wanting to around smiling and begging for votes and asking for money and i thought, politics is what i would call unrepresentative of people but i ran my mouth all of the time from day one, as a kid and i get so much and people said why dont you run, they didnt really mean to run, they mean run away from them and quit running your mouth and i just felt that people particularly those that i had come to know that were a part of my being, they didnt have representation to the extent that they needed and lincolns