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Richmond Federal Reserve Headquarters on Capitol Square, 1939.
The Federal Reserve System, sponsored by Virginia State Senator Carter Glass, was signed into law on December 23, 1913 by President Woodrow Wilson. In 1914, the city of Richmond was selected to be the home to one of 12 central bank locations and was…
Resolution against the Fourteenth Amendment by Lee-Jackson Camp, 1958
In 1958, the members of the Lee- Jackson Camp of the Sons of Confederate Veterans drafted a resolution in which they suggested the Fourteenth Amendment was illegal as it, in their opinion, had not been properly ratified. The justification they used…
Remember Dec. 7th!, World War II Poster, 1942
From September 1939 - December 1941, the United States was not officially at war with any of the Axis powers. While support was given to the Allies through programs such as Lend-Lease, there was a strong isolationist sentiment following World War I…
Proclamation in recognition and honor of our beloved president, Franklin D. Roosevelt, J.L. Bland, 1945
On April 14, 1945, U.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR) was buried in Hyde Park, New York following funeral services at the White House. Roosevelt had been elected four times to the office of President, a feat never matched, and now…
President Andrew Johnson Pardons Confederate John C. Shelton, 1866
The power of the president to pardon those who commit offenses against the United States is enumerated in the Article Two of the U. S. Constitution. A presidential pardon is an executive order granting clemency for a conviction of a crime, with the…
Portrait of Thomas West, Baron De la Warr
Thomas West (1576–1618), the twelfth Baron De La Warr, was appointed by King James I in 1606 to be part of the royal council that oversaw the Virginia Company of London. He monitored the situation in the Virginia colony from England and may have…
Portrait of Thomas Jefferson, 1827
Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826) was born at Shadwell, along the Rivanna River in what is now Albemarle County. At age fourteen, when his father died, Jefferson inherited more than 5,000 acres of land, about twenty enslaved laborers, and his father's…
Portrait of Sir William Berkeley
William Berkeley (1605–1677) was the longest-serving royal governor of Virginia. He served as a Crown governor (an appointee of the King) between 1642 until 1652 and again from 1660 until his death in 1677. In his late twenties, Berkeley was a part…
Portrait of James Madison
James Madison (1751–1836) was one of the most influential and successful Virginians of the Revolutionary generation. His service in the House of Delegates and in the Continental Congress taught him the pragmatic political practices he drew on to help…
Portrait of Alexander Spotswood
Alexander Spotswood served from 1710 to 1722 as lieutenant governor of Virginia, in the place of the royal governor who never came to the colony. During his tenure Spotswood sought to improve the colony's security and economy and relations with…