Underestimated. Ive heard architectural historian describe the iconic governmental buildings in washington, d. C. As the sequel to the building here. And we start off in jamestown, which is the oldest English Speaking settlement in north america. And that was used throughout the 16 hundreds and there were multiple buildings public and private used for meeting. And then in williamsburg we built a capitol that burned down in the middle of the 17 hundreds and we rebuilt a second one and it was the second capital that we left behind when we moved here to richmond during the revolutionary war. And interestingly, mr. Jefferson who had introduced the bill to relocate to richmond, by the time we made the move, a year later, he was serving as governor and he got to oversee the process. If you think of the capitol as an essay in architecture, the primary author was thomas jefferson. And at the time we were getting ready to break ground for a new public building in richmond in 1785, jefferson had
The best approach to removing these monuments. Here is what they have to say. Guest the approach that cities have taken before was to have plaques next to the monuments come up with them in context. , thatplaques were just the statue was erected is part andst cause project that was ok. Gone, what i are would like to see is the base maintained. Where the statues themselves are removed but the bases stay there in order to reflect on the one hand that there was a political project dedicated to White Supremacy that had a long. Istory and then that there was another political project that was created in order to remove them. The besthat is approach in this circumstance. I can imagine other potential orroaches whether leaving taking pieces of the statue and maintaining them but erecting another statue next to them. There are a number of different choices that people have, and this generation will have more conversation about what we should be doing. Also on the program was law professor who
Historian described the iconic government buildings in washington, d. C. As the sequel to the Virginia State capitol in richmond. We started off with the First Political center at jamestown which was the oldest englishspeaking settlement in north america. The was used throughout 1600s and there were multiple buildings, public and private, use for government buildings. When we moved to williamsburg, we built a capital in the english colonial tradition, which burned down in the middle of the 1700 and we rebuilt the second one. The second capital in williamsburg that we left behind when we moved to richmond during the revolutionary war. Introducedon who had a bill to relocate to richmond, by the time we made the move a year later, he was serving as governor and got to oversee the process. If you think of the capital as in architecture, the primary author was thomas jefferson. At the time we were getting ready to break ground for a new public building in richmond in 1785, jefferson had lef
Now, we spoke with the mayor of chester just a few moments ago and he is pleading with the driver of that vehicle to come forward. They still have a chance. They can come, turn themselves in and make it easier on everybody and especially them if they come and do the responsible thing. So, again, our Police Officers are out there putting their life on the line every day and this is a perfect example of what they have to face when theyre out there. Reporter police tell me that that burgundy pontiac went north on morton avenue. They also say that burgundy pontiac is around a year 2000. It has a green hood and a green trunk, which should make it very noticeable. Of course, if you know anything about that pontiac or who may have been behind the wheel police ask you to call them. You can call 911. Were live in chester, jeff chirico. An fbi morning raid turned deadly in chester. Agents went to a home on highland avenue to serve a child pornography warrant when the man inside pulled a gun. Now
A live look at the area around the bend ben franklin parkway. Made in america Music Festival back in philly this weekend. Tens of thousands of people will be in town for two days of music and that means big crowds and road closures. Welcome to nbc 10 news today on this friday. Im chris cato and then we have hurricane cristobal creating that risk of rip currents down the shore. You see the satellite image here of cristobal very far away but still churning up the surf. We expect that rip current risk to wind down over the next few days. At the indian river inland at delaware, surfers enjoyed some big waves this week. The rip currents have been dangerous for some swimmers. Lifeguards had to make dozens of rescues at the shores over the past few days. We have Team Coverage of what to expect over the weekend with jesse gary checking out made in america. Katy zachry an eye on the roads. Lets begin with meteorologist bill henley with a look at the forecast. Bill . Were starting off much coole