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Author: Margaret T. Peters
Publisher: University of Virginia Press
Published: 1995
Total Pages: 280
ISBN-13: 9780813916040
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThey examine historic structures ranging from the Essex County courthouse (1729) and the King William County courthouse, built ca. 1725 and one of the oldest public buildings in continuous use in the nation, to the newer historic courthouses such as Richmond's massive Supreme Court/State Library Building, dedicated in 1941.
Author: Carl Lounsbury
Publisher: University of Virginia Press
Published: 2005
Total Pages: 466
ISBN-13: 9780813923017
DOWNLOAD EBOOKCourt day in early Virginia transformed crossroads towns into forums for citizens of all social classes to transact a variety of business, from legal cases heard before the county magistrates to horse races, ballgames, and the sale and barter of produce, clothing, food, and drink. The Courthouses of Early Virginia is the first comprehensive history of the public buildings that formed the nucleus of this space and the important private buildings that grew up around them.
Author: Lee Smith
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Published: 2000
Total Pages: 266
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKWhen Lee Smith, one of the country's preeminent authors, learned that the only salvation for her rural Virginia hometown meant, in a sense, it destruction, she was compelled to tell the story. Working with Debbie Raines, an English teacher at Grundy High School, and students from the school's Oral Communication Seminar, she has produced a rich oral history. Archival and contemporary photographs depict a small town ravaged by decades of flooding. In this volume, we journey with Lee Smith and the townspeople of Grundy, in a literal and figurative sense, as they anchor their town on higher ground to begin anew.
Author: Virginia Bagby DeMott Cox
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Published: 1973
Total Pages: 416
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Publisher: University of Virginia Press
Published: 1994
Total Pages: 324
ISBN-13: 9780813914916
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis new, revised and expanded edition includes 212 new markers, many of which reflect the Native-American, African-American, and social history. A Guidebook to Virginia's Historical Markers brings together the texts of more than 1,600 official state historical markers that have been placed along Virginia's highways since 1926, including even those markers that have been removed. A grid map and three separate indexes assist the reader in locating each marker. One index is alpabetical by title, one by subject matter, and one by county and independent city. Travelers along Virginia's highways will find this guide both useful and informative. The great legacy of Virginia's past is revealed on these markers, making this book both a handy reference and a stimulus to greater study of the history of the commonwealth.
Author: United States Sentencing Commission
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Published: 1996-11
Total Pages: 24
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Robert M. Addington
Publisher: The Overmountain Press
Published: 1992
Total Pages: 404
ISBN-13: 9780932807670
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBrimming with information, this text begins with Scott County territory as claimed by the French prior to 1763. The final chapters include interesting facts and figures from a survey made in 1930. Filling the pages between with great variety, Addington shares an abundance of knowledge.
Author: A. Benjamin Handler
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Published: 1973
Total Pages: 320
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Timothy S. Sedore
Publisher: SIU Press
Published: 2011-04-29
Total Pages: 339
ISBN-13: 0809386259
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFrom well-known battlefields, such as Manassas, Fredericksburg, and Appomattox, to lesser-known sites, such as Sinking Spring Cemetery and Rude’s Hill, Sedore leads readers on a vivid journey through Virginia’s Confederate history. Tablets, monoliths, courthouses, cemeteries, town squares, battlefields, and more are cataloged in detail and accompanied by photographs and meticulous commentary. Each entry contains descriptions, fascinating historical information, and location, providing a complete portrait of each site. Much more than a visual tapestry or a tourist’s handbook, An Illustrated Guide to Virginia’s Confederate Monuments draws on scholarly and field research to reveal these sites as public efforts to reconcile mourning with Southern postwar ideologies. Sedore analyzes in depth the nature of these attempts to publicly explain Virginia’s sense of grief after the war, delving deep into the psychology of a traumatized area. From commemorations of famous generals to memories of unknown soldiers, the dead speak from the pages of this sweeping companion to history.
Author: Linda Mulcahy
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2010-12-16
Total Pages: 221
ISBN-13: 1136862196
DOWNLOAD EBOOKLegal Architecture addresses how the environment in which the trial takes place can be seen as a physical expression of our relationship with ideals of justice; as it approaches the history of courthouse design as a reflection of the troubled history of notions of due process.
