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From the Virginia Museum of Veiled History, Winchester VA Larry Lamar Yates, Proprietor First, Perhaps the Most Important Event in June in Virginia History That Few of Us Know About June 8, 1680. The House of Burgesses passed this law: “WHEREAS the frequent meeting of considerable numbers of negroe slaves under pretence of feasts and […]

From the Virginia Museum of Veiled History, Winchester VA Larry Lamar Yates, Proprietor July 2017 July 01, 1915 Proclaimed by Woodrow Wilson, the National Negro Exposition was held in Richmond July 5-25 1915 to commemorate the accomplishments of African- Americans during the fifty years since the abolition of slavery. The exposition at the Virginia State […]

by Larry Lamar Yates, Proprietor August 1, 1774 After the King’s Governor, Lord Dunmore, dissolved the House of Burgesses, all the members of that dissolved body met as the First Virginia Convention and took action to support the American Revolution. August 1, 1791 Robert Carter III, who held the most humans in bondage in Virginia […]

by Larry Lamar Yates, Proprietor September 1, 1774. DICK, the Property of the Subscriber, absconded about ten Days ago; he is a black Fellow, well set, about five Feet six Inches high, has remarkable white Teeth, thick Lips, and a Scab above his right Ear. He went off in a Boat, in all probability to […]

by Larry Lamar Yates, Proprietor October 1, 1897. Lewis Ginter, a major Richmond business figure, especially as a cigarette manufacturer, died. Lewis Ginter’s life with his companion, John Pope, is described in Lesbian and Gay Richmond, by Beth Marschak and Alex Lorch. Ginter never married, had no children, and lived with Pope for 20 years. […]