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Cannon Fire For Stuart On Saturday/Specialty Tour Sunday
Hollywood Cemetery is planning a ceremony at J.E.B. Stuart‘s grave site this Saturday, May 10th. This is in addition to a planned one in soldiers section. I guess we’ll have boom-booms several times that day.
Also, on Sunday, take your mother on a Sunday Specialty Tour of Hollywood Cemetery. An extension of the daily “Highlights” tour, this version covers in more detail the cemetery’s unique history, landscape design, architecture, symbols and residents.
Community Movie Night Rides Again
From email announcement:
Community Movie Nights
begin Friday, May 9
at DuskPleasants Park
(Behind Pine Street Baptist Church)
Refreshments Served:
Grilled hot dogs, chips and beverage
Student Protest Continues Online
Style magazine follows up on the student walkout.
Excerpt:
About 200 students from Open High School and other city schools walked out April 28 to draw attention to the lack of funding for the school district’s many pressing maintenance needs. Mayor Dwight Jones invited them into City Council chambers for a discussion.
But students say the discussion led to more buck passing. The mayor suggested that students take their complaints to the School Board, which receives its funding from the city.
Another walkout is possible, Open High School senior Levi Bane says. But for now he and fellow senior Isabella Arias are running two Facebook pages to keep the protest going online. One, dubbed Presence RPS, will serve as a place for students to document conditions at schools. The other will collect news about the district.
A couple of days after the walkout, City Council voted 5-4 to reallocate $12.6 million of the $13.6 million slated for the mayor’s Shockoe Bottom redevelopment plan. Of that reallocated money, $3.25 million will go toward schools.
But Jones has said he will veto the changes, a move Arias says proves her point: “It just shows that he cares more about commercial development than school development.”
‘LOVE’ Sculpture Proposal
From Councilperson Agelasto:
The temporary “LOVE” letters sculpture may be coming to the Oregon Hill Overlook pending the Public Art Commission approval on Tuesday, May 13th, at 9:15 am in the 5th Floor Conference Room at City Hall.
For some examples of “LOVE” installations, click here.
A Cemetery for Both Reverence and Recreation
Henrico Citizen newspaper Managing Editor Patty Kruszewski has a nice opinion piece in the latest issue about a small controversy regarding the use of cemeteries. (Click here to see it as PDF)
In it, she mentions her own’s daughter’s burial place in Hollywood Cemetery.
Quote: “I would never have thought to bring my own children to Hollywood (Cemetery) or to use it as a playground or public spot, but it makes perfect sense. It’s beautiful, it’s public, it’s historic”.
Actually Hollywood Cemetery is still a private business that opens to the public. Kruszewski also rightly brings up the role of the cemetery as a valuable green space. We are very fortunate to live next to it.
Virginia First Lady Dorothy McAuliffe and Richmond Councilman Parker C. Agelasto to Open 8th Season of William Byrd Community House Farmers’ Market
From City Press release:
COUNCIL PUBLIC INFORMATION NEWS ADVISORY
IMMEDIATE RELEASE TO BE FORWARDED AND SHAREDMonday, 5 May 2014
Virginia First Lady Dorothy McAuliffe and Richmond Councilman Parker C. Agelasto to Open 8th Season of William Byrd Community House Farmers’ Market
Everyone invited and encouraged to attend
WHAT (Richmond, Virginia U.S.A.) – First Lady of Virginia, Dorothy McAuliffe, will join The Honorable Parker C. Agelasto, Councilman, Richmond City Council, Richmond Central 5th Voter District in opening the 8th season of the William Byrd Community House Farmers’ Market. The event will include a tour, preschoolers, live music and 22 farmers, food-makers and hand-crafters.
Accompanying Mrs. McAuliffe will be Mr. Chris Blain, the new Virginia Executive Mansion Chef, who will shop for local foods to be used in the mansion’s kitchen.
The William Byrd Community House Farmers’ Market is held on Tuesdays, from 3:30 – 7:00 p.m., weekly from May through October.
WHEN Tuesday, May 6, 2014
3:30 -4:30 p.m.WHERE William Byrd Community House Farmers’ Market
980 Idlewood Avenue, Richmond, Virginia 23220
(Corner of Idlewood Avenue and S. Linden Street)WHO
First Lady of Virginia, Dorothy McAuliffe
The Honorable Parker C. Agelasto, Councilman
Richmond City Council, Richmond Central 5th Voter DistrictMs. Shelia Givens, Executive Director, William Byrd Community House
CONTACT For more information, please contact
The Honorable Parker C. Agelasto, Councilman, Richmond City Council, Richmond Central 5th Voter District, at 804.646.6050 (tel), or parker.agelasto@richmondgov.com (email)– E N D –
Burial Benefits for Veterans At Library Wednesday
From Richmond Public Library’s FaceBook page:
This month’s VA Veterans Forum will feature the National Cemetery Administration “Burial Benefits” on Wednesday, May 7 from 2 to 3 pm at Main. RSVP ASAP!
Scenes from Friends of Hollywood Cemetery’s Annual Picnic
Somewhat ironically, on the other side of the fence from the traffic congestion today were these relaxing scenes:
S. Cherry Street Vehicle Traffic Congestion Today
I am assuming this is related to the USA Cycling Collegiate Road Nationals, but here, here,here,here, and here are posts concerning S. Cherry congestion from previous years. Hopefully, today’s backups can be ameliorated for Richmond2015.