I want to talk about old cemeteries, why they are important and what you can learn from them. Say as a caveat, a lot of the rationale behind finding researchs, mine is that is focused on old africanamerican cemeteries, very often it pertains to other cemeteries of various backgrounds, but i focused on the virginia piedmont, specifically areas in central virginia, nelson county, it has to do with where i lived and the counties i commuted through to go to work. [laughter] so, it means that if you are asking about counties not on that route, take a good guess. Within those counties, most of them are in amherst county, that is where the 150 cemeteries are that i visited and studied for this research. On the map in the lower righthand corner, dont worry there will not be a quiz but the numbers you are looking at seem to be the founding of these counties by european americans. I would also point out that if your interests are in native american Burial Grounds, those of course date back tens
Neglected and have few archival records regarding the burial. Ms. Rainville talks about how people can contribute to documenting these. [applause] ms. Rainville welcome today and thank you for coming on a lovely day. What i want to do in todays talk is take you through the process of locating old cemeteries, what you do when you find him, why they are important and what you can learn from , them. Very much a guidebook to these historic sites. I should say as a caveat, a lot of the rationale behind finding old cemeteries, while my research is focused on africanamerican cemeteries, very often pertains to white cemeteries and other cemeteries of the areas backgrounds. In terms of my research i , focused on the virginia piedmont, specifically areas in virginia, amherst county, nelson county. These are scientifically chosen. It had to do with where i lived and the counties i commuted to to go to work. [laughter] ms. Rainville it means if you are asking on counties not on that route, i will
12hour period that first night. This week, reprieve. Overnight monday, absolutely no shootings. But for many people out here the biggest concern is that homicide rate. When you talk about all hands on deck, you are not dealing with the, is. You are reacting to the behavior. We dont value one anothers life. That is nothing that a chief can do, a mayor can do. It has to start with us. Law enforcement did have a big, big victory today. A huge synthetic drug bust. 2. 3 million worth. 265 pounds. They seized a number of guns so they are pointing to that. There is one thing that is going good for the police department. But we will certainly hear a lot about this in tonights meeting. We have the latest tonight on abc7 news at 11 00. Reporting live, richard reeve. Maureen 105 homicides in the district this year. So far. That equals all of last year. There has been a 67 increase from last year. District five and seven account for 84 of the city increase in homicide. Leon the d. C. Police are wo
And the beltway. Virginia 95 fairly typical volume building out of stafford getting into woodbridge, northbound into newington the pace has been good heading up to springfield and on to the beltway. Nick, andrea . After Six Police Officers in baltimore were charged in the death of freddie gray, Defense Attorneys and prosecutors will appear before a judge for a preliminary hearing in the case. As you well remember, the 25 yearold suffered a fatal spinal cord injury while in Police Custody back in april. Delia goncalves is live in baltimore with a preview of what we can expect today. Delia . Reporter the hearing begins at 9 30 just a coup of blocks here from couple of blocks here from city hall. Were expecting the action to really kick into gear several hours before with protests planned and we talked to demonstrators who insist, even though there will be a huge crowd, several hundred they are expecting, they insist their demonstrations will be peaceful and certainly the mayor hopes so a
82. 9 trillion last year. That makes americans richer than ever. Gerri so is Social Security and Retirement Savings crisis over . March madness, how to score big on your march madness bracket. That and more coming up on the willis report, where consumers are our business. Gerri president obama visiting the phoenix hospital that was in the middle of the Veterans Affairs scandal last year. The scandal uncovered veterans dying while waiting for care at that phoenix facility. Staffers of va clinics across the country keeping secret waiting lists to cover up problems. Is the Problem Solved now . Here to weigh in bank up pedal. Jessie jane duff, retired gunnery sergeant, center for policy research. Dan caldwell, marine corps veteran legislative director of concerned veterans of america. Welcome to you both. Jessie, i will start with you. Todays event was billed as input from reformers for the va. Was it . I dont find it reformed anything. The president neglected to go to phoenix on last visi