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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 29 January 2025. Classified advertisements website Craigslist Inc. Logo used since 1995 Screenshot of the main page on January 26, 2008 Type of business Private Type of site Classifieds, forums Available in English, French, German, Dutch, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese Founded 1995 ; 30 years ago (1995 ...
The china cabinet already existed by the late 17th century, initially used for Japanese export porcelain and its Chinese equivalent, then very fashionable, especially in England and the Netherlands. William and Mary 's reign particularly popularized the furniture and porcelain, as Queen Mary was known for collecting Chinese pottery.
This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Richmond, Virginia. ... an area roughly bounded by Belvidere, Marshall, 4th, and Grace; also ...
Prior to the arrival of Europeans, the Great Indian Warpath had a branch that led from present-day Lynchburg to present-day Richmond.; By 1607, Chief Powhatan had inherited the so known as the chiefdom of about 4–6 tribes, with its base at the Fall Line near present-day Richmond and with political domain over much of eastern Tidewater Virginia, an area known to the Powhatans as "Tsenacommacah."
The color of their skin: Education and race in Richmond, Virginia, 1954–89 (U of Virginia Press, 1993) Randolph, Lewis A. Rights for a season: The politics of race, class, and gender in Richmond, Virginia (U. of Tennessee Press, 2003) Saunders, Robert M. "Crime and Punishment in Early National America: Richmond, Virginia, 1784–1820."
William Byrd II is considered the founder of Richmond. The Byrd family, which includes Harry F. Byrd, has been central to Virginia's history since its founding.. After the first permanent English-speaking settlement was established at Jamestown, Virginia, in April 1607, Captain Christopher Newport led explorers northwest up the James River to an inhabited area in the Powhatan Nation. [17]
The Reagan state china service was modeled on Woodrow Wilson's china and features the seal of the president of the United States in burnished gold on an ivory background with a border of scarlet. The china was manufactured in the United States by Lenox and selected by First Lady Nancy Reagan. Barbara Bush in the White House China Room, 1991.
Richmond National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery three miles (4.8 km) east of Richmond in Henrico County, Virginia. Administered by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs , it encompasses 9.7 acres (3.9 ha), and as of 2021 [update] had more than 11,000 interments.