This has been so much fun and everybody give yourselves around applause. You are all bill of rights rock stars so well you good job. Thank you so much. Thank you for hosting trivia game, madison. I feel like i did pretty i love it. It a good game. All right. Well see you all time by good afternoon, ladies. Gentlemen, welcome to historic St Johns Church, a National Historic landmark and welcome to our liberty or death reenactment. We have been producing reenactments here since the 1970s, and we are delighted that you have chosen to spend part of your day with us today as reverend wilmer mentioned, my name is steven wilson. I serve as the executive director for the St Johns Church foundation. We are a50 1 to 3 Nonprofit Organization that has been around since 1938. Weve been a minute our mission is twofold. It is education. It is Historic Preservation. We tell the story of the Second Virginia Convention and the importance of Patrick Henry. We do this through our Educational Programs like
I think a lot of people believe it is Just One Court case. Thats what i thought of it as. Growing up. And i also think that people believe that as soon as the decision was handed down by the Supreme Court in 1954, that it was immediately implement it. That also is not true. What i learned working on research for the book was that Prince Edward county that only was affected by the education decision but it was also one of five cases that was rolled into an umbrella case. And the the reason this was part of the decision was a woman, a High School Junior and did a walk out. In 1951. That walk out capture the attention of the naacp attorneys in richmond. And they agreed to come meet with Barbara Johns and fellow students and their parents. But that decision led the naacp to take up the case and file a lawsuit on behalf of those residents and made it to the Supreme Court. That part of brown versus education and it was the only student led case out of the five. And county leaders were so stu
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
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