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An earlier Richmond Theatre was destroyed by fire on 23 January 1798. [4] That earlier theatre was originally known as Quesnay's Academy (short for its formal title Academy of Fine Arts and Sciences of the United States) and opened on October 10, 1786 in a performance given by the Old American Company of Comedians under the management of Lewis ...
The Richmond Theatre was destroyed by fire on December 26, 1811, [9] in what historian Meredith Henne Baker described as "early America's first great disaster". [2] The fire broke out during a benefit performance held in honor of the French actor Alexander Placide and his daughter, actress Jane Placide. The repertoire for that evening included ...
Monumental Church was built between 1812 and 1814 to commemorate the 72 people who died on the site in the December 26, 1811, Richmond Theatre fire. The building consists of two parts: a crypt and a church. The crypt is located beneath the sanctuary and contains the remains of those who died in the fire.
The Richmond Theater fire was one of the greatest tragedies of its time, resulting in the death of dozens of people in 1811. Remembering the Richmond Theater fire 200 years later [Video] Skip to ...
Fire crews extinguished a large fire that was burning at a tire recycling plant at Brook Road and School Street in Richmond, Virginia, on February 18.According to the Richmond, Virginia, Fire ...
View of Richmond above the Canal Basin, after the Evacuation Fire of 1865 Lithograph depicting the Evacuation Fire (Currier & Ives, 1865). Richmond, Virginia, served as the capital of the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War from May 1861 to April 1865.
An emergency vehicle makes its way after a gunman opened fire, according to the police sources, in Richmond, Virginia US on 6 June 2023, in this screen grab obtained from a social media video ...
Richmond (/ ˈ r ɪ tʃ m ə n d / RITCH-mənd) is the capital city of the U.S. commonwealth of Virginia.Incorporated in 1742, Richmond has been an independent city since 1871. The city's population in the 2020 United States census was 226,610, up from 204,214 in 2010, [7] making it Virginia's fourth-most populous city. [8]