Category: Travel Writing
To appreciate Richmond one must, before all else, remember that this old town has roots planted deep in the history of our country. Richmond was founded in 1737 by William Byrd II, of Westover on the James, forefather of two of Virginia’s illustrious sons of today, Admiral Ric...
To appreciate Richmond one must, before all else, remember that this old town has roots planted deep in the history of our country. Richmond was founded in 1737 by William Byrd...
2. Part 2Swinging around the Capitol, you come to the Federal-style Governor’s Mansion, erected in 1811-13. From 1788 to 1811 the governors of Virginia had to live in a two-story wooden...