Good thursday morning, everyone. The city of minneapolis is preparing to honor the memory of george floyd today. At the same time this afternoon the former Police Officer is now being charged in his death are scheduled to appear in court. All four officers at the scene that day are now in custody. Prosecutors have upgraded the most serious charge against former officer Derek Chauvin. Overnight, this powerful scene. Protesters shining the lights from their cell phones, the crowd in denver fell silent for nearly nine minutes, the amount of time chauvin kept his knee on floyds neck. In a Bombshell Development from washington, former defense secretary james mattis is now speaking out slamming President Trump for the way he responded to protesters. We will get to that in just a moment, but first abcs Megan Tevrizian with the scenes unfolding overnight. We have been being killed all over, you know, all over the place, everywhere, you know, our black men are being killed. You know what im say
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Q: I have a couple of antique bottle openers of uncertain value. One of them is from a Roanoke brewery. What more is known about Virginia Brewing Company?
George McConnell
Roanoke
A: Booze, beer, and bars of Magic City days of yore has been covered in this space before. One contributor to previous conversation on the topic is historian William M. Hackworth. To that former Roanoke city attorney and ongoing scholar goes credit for the information to come.