Virginia universities reckon with Confederate symbols FILE PHOTO: Demonstrators pulled down the Richmond Howitzers Monument at Virginia Commonwealth University (June 2020). The university was in the process of auditing Confederate symbols on its two campuses and has since begun removal and renaming of those symbols. Photo by Andrew Ringle, The Commonwealth Times. (Source: Capitol News Service) By Katharine DeRosa | Capital News Service | May 10, 2021 at 6:22 PM EDT - Updated May 11 at 12:30 PM
RICHMOND, Va. - Virginia universities in the former heart of the Confederacy are reckoning with their past as students, faculty, and staff call for the removal of Confederate symbols.
Richmond housed the capital of the Confederacy from 1861 to 1865. Over 150 years later, remnants of the commonwealth’s Confederate history remain, including in academia.
Furniture World News By Nic Ledoux on 5/5/2021 Casegoods supplier Riverside Furniture announced that Harrison Kelly, who has over 20 years of experience in wood furniture product development, has joined the company in the new position of Vice President of Product Development.
In his role, Kelly will be responsible for leading all product line activities from the conceptual stage through market introduction. In addition, he will work closely with strategic retail accounts in determining product needs.
Most recently, Kelly served in the same position for Klaussner Furniture International where he was responsible for all wood product development. Prior to joining Klaussner, he served in various positions at Home Meridian International, where he started as an import engineer at Pulaski and went on to hold roles such as Vice President of Club Merchandising for Home Meridian and 14 years as VP-Product D
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Inventory of Negroes in Philip St. George Cocke s Farm Book Cocke inherited and acquired great wealth, including extensive agricultural holdings in Virginia and Mississippi. He bought several properties in Powhatan County, including Belmead, where he built a mansion overlooking the James River to serve as his family home. By 1860 Cocke owned more than 27,000 acres of land and more than 610 slaves in the two states and reckoned his net worth at more than $1,000,000. His widely scattered plantations required management through overseers, and he compiled detailed manuals for directing the work. Cocke gained renown as a leading advocate of agricultural interests. He built an extensive library of more than 600 titles, including a wide array of volumes on agriculture and plantation management. As president of the Virginia State Agricultural Society from 1853 to 1856, he promoted the cause of agricultural education. Attempting to establish a program of agricultural studies at the Univers
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A Board of Visitors committee plans to consider new names to replace Jackson Memorial Hall on the grounds of Virginia Military Institute in Lexington. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
LEXINGTON, VA A committee at Virginia Military Institute recommended that the name of Confederate General Thomas Stonewall Jackson be removed from Jackson Memorial Hall on the grounds of the Lexington school. The committee also concluded that the level of veneration of Jackson has been overstated by VMI.
VMI s Board of Visitors Commemorations and Memorials Naming and Review Committee met Friday to discuss a number of issues that support the concept of ensuring the grounds of VMI present an inspiring and inclusive landscape and its memorials properly reflect VMI s core values, VMI Interim Superintendent Maj. Gen. Cedric T. Wins wrote in an email Friday to the VMI community.