In a disagreement between Youngkin and one of his recent appointees to the Virginia Board of Historic Resources, the appointee resigned after making widely criticized remarks about Confederate statues and the Civil War. Macaulay Porter, a spokeswoman for Youngkin, confirmed to WRIC-TV Tuesday that Ann McLean had resigned from the board effective Monday. “The Governor […]
Governor Glenn Youngkin announced his first two appointments to the Board of Historic Resources (BHR), including Richmond-area art historian Dr. Ann McLean, who has appeared both on Richmond’s Morning News with John Reid and Bacon’s Rebellion critical of efforts to rename the Jefferson-Madison Regional Library and destroy monuments. The other appointee is Hon. Aimee Jorjani, nominated by Trump to be […]
Today, we have a palate cleanser specifically for you history lovers: historians opened a Civil War-era time capsule recovered from the pedestal of the former Robert E. Lee monument in Richmond yesterday. Watch as the contents of which — forgotten for more than 130 years — were shared: NBC12 News reports: The team started their […]
Ever since the violent Charlottesville rally one year ago, some localities around Virginia dotted with Confederate monuments have been working to pass measures that will have the General Assembly, in a Dillon Rule state, grant localities the authority the remove state-controlled statues.
Virginia prepares for the one-year anniversary of the “Unite the Right” rally by declaring a state of emergency, and dispatching hundreds of law enforcement officers to Charlottesville and Northern Virginia.
Northam’s position on Confederate iconoclasm has seen his handlers go from full-throated enthusiasm to a very rapid backtracking over the last few days
