Because of restrictions on gatherings, the traditional breakfast held at Blue Ridge Community College was moved to a virtual format. The video is not live, and viewers are invited to watch from the comfort of their homes any time. The video is here.
Introduced by United Breakfast Chair Shirley Davidson, the program features opening and closing gospel songs by Odell D. Suber Jr., and sketches by Ronnie Pepper, who shared brief history sketches of important African-American businesses and institutions during separate but equal segregation. The video was made in a partnership with the Community Foundation of Henderson County.
Pepper s tour included the James Pilgrim Funeral Home, 836 Third Ave. West; the Landina Guest House, at 17 First Avenue West, which was listed in the Green Book African-American travelers used to find overnight lodging; the African-American section of Oakdale Cemetery; the site of the old Sixth Avenue School, which opened in 1916 and served all grade
The members of First Lutheran Church in Alexandria will again present The Living Nativity on Saturday, Dec. 3, from 5 to 8 p.m., with a walk-through from 5 to 5:30 p.m. and traffic flow starting at 5:30.