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The 2024 parade theme is "Candy Canes and Christmas Carols." 'Could have made a meal out of our soup' Owners hope restaurant becomes go-to destination in Colonial Heights Petersburg Holiday Parade
Since December 27, the 2024 Richmond Polar Plunge has raised over $64,000 toward their $75,000 goal. Drew Bahen raised the most funds, $9,990. The top VIP team was SOVA Richmond Young ...
The Richmond German Christmas Dance was founded in 1866, shortly after the end of the American Civil War by the city's civil leaders. [1] It was named after a popular Prussian dance. The ball served as a way for prominent families of the Antebellum period to maintain their status in the new era .
In early 2020 the newly elected Democratic Virginia General Assembly proposed ending the observance and designating Election Day as a replacement holiday. The Senate of Virginia voted in January to eliminate Lee–Jackson Day as a state holiday; [13] [14] [15] the legislation was passed a month later by the House of Delegates.
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From Veterans Day to Christmas, here are the dates of the 2024 federal holidays. New Year’s Day: Monday, January 1. Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr.: Monday, January 15.
Lee–Jackson–King Day was a holiday celebrated in the Commonwealth of Virginia from 1984 to 2000 as a combination of Lee–Jackson Day and Martin Luther King Jr. Day. From 2000 to 2020, the state observed them as two distinct holidays. In 2020, Lee-Jackson Day was eliminated entirely.
The Richmond Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA), which includes three other cities (Petersburg, Hopewell, and Colonial Heights) and adjacent counties, is home to approximately 1.3 million Virginians or 15.1% of Virginia's population. [7] The Richmond region is growing steadily, adding nearly 400,000 residents in the past two decades.