Oregon Hill residents were saddened to learn of the passing of one of their longterm China Street neighbors today. The memorial is fitting since Cliff enjoyed interacting with people on the sidewalk in front of his small home.
Navy Cmdr. Jean Marie Sul- livan, commanding officer of the USS Whidbey Island, will be the keynote speaker at the Commonwealth’s Pearl Harbor Day Remembrance Ceremony at 11 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 7, at the Virginia War Memorial, 621 S. Belvidere St.
The free event is co-hosted by the Richmond Council of the Navy League of the United States and will be held in the war memorial’s Shrine of Memory.
During the ceremony, wreaths will be presented in memory of Virginians who died on Dec. 7, 1941, when the forces of Imperial Japan bombed the U.S. Pacific Fleet stationed at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, resulting in the United States entering World War II.
More than 2,400 American were killed and more than 1,100 were wounded during the surprise attack.
The Paul and Phyllis Galanti Education Center at the memorial will be open for tours 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Dec. 7.
Parking is available at the Virginia Housing Development Authority lot at 601 S. Belvidere St. and at the Afton Chemical Corp. lot at Belvidere and Spring streets.
Details: www.vawarmemorial.org. or (804) 786-2060.
The school board voted on rezoning last night. They voted to approve ‘plan Y’ (see image above). It looks like Oregon Hill will be rezoned to Fox for elementary school, and remain zoned for Binford and Jefferson for middle and high school.
From NBC12 news:
This Wednesday is a “Red Wednesday”, which means trash and recycling pickup. Please go over what can be recycled. Ideally, rolling recycling containers are stored and deployed in the back alleys along with trash cans. Please make sure you pick up containers after pickup tomorrow night.
If you have not done so already, don’t forget to sign up for your Recycling Perks.
In order to take your recycling to the next level, read this: 10 ways to improve your recycling.
And on the state front, the Virginia Mercury online newspaper asks “Will this be the year Virginia imposes a plastic bag tax?”
The latest newsletter from Councilperson Parker Agelasto is also his last as the 5th District Councilperson. But he goes out on a very high note, with lots of holiday cheer, lots of good information, and a welcoming letter from Councilperson-elect, Stephanie Lynch. Click here to read it in its entirety.
From Oregon Hill Neighborhood Association’s (re-elected) President Todd Woodson:
Friends: We will be planting 11 street trees in Oregon Hill Saturday morning and could use a hand in the planting and watering in. Meeting 9:30AM at 820 Idlewood Ave (front of St Andrews School). Bring a shovel and a jug of water and let’s fight global warming together! FAMILY FRIENDLY! See you there!
Caroline developed her giving heart while growing up in Richmond’s Oregon Hill.
“Even though there was poverty, there was community. People took care of each other. There were people who were placed in the community who were helpers,” said Caroline.
Caroline says no child should go without knowing someone cares.
Here’s an interesting twist for ‘Throwback Thursday’…the Valentine Museum has a new exhibit that takes some of the conversations surrounding the nascent women’s suffrage movement in Richmond and puts them in a mockup of today’s social media milieu. It’s called #BallotBattle and its bound to spur more attention and appreciation for this period in RVA history. Prominent activists of the time, like Lila Meade Valentine (buried next door in Hollywood Cemetery) are given ‘profiles’ and highlighted in old newspaper articles like the one above.
The exhibit is small and may make some historians squirm, but overall it is a fun, fascinating way to bring local historic figures to life and pose provocative, new-old questions on the verge of a big election year. Will we see the Equal Rights Amendment pass the General Assembly?
(My question? When will Richmond citizens be able to rank their choices for Mayor on the ballot?)
