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Revolution on Display. Protest on the Sidewalk. Welcome to Richmond.

by R. Anthony Harris | COMMUNITY, CULTURE, DOWNTOWN RVA, JUSTICE, MUSEUM & GALLERY NEWS, VIRGINIA POLITICS

Last weekend in Church Hill, Richmond did something that only Richmond can do — it let history walk and talk right in front of us. Inside St. John’s Church, the scene was familiar. A reenactor delivered Patrick Henry’s “Give me liberty or give me death” speech to an...

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