#petersburg virginia

[jarrattvafyi]

March 1922: Joint Song Recital Wins Many Encores

Found on page 7 of the Sunday edition Richmond Times-Dispatch, March 5, 1922.

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RICHMOND TIMES-DISPATCH: SUNDAY, MARCH 5, 1922. Page 7.

JOINT SONG RECITAL WINS MANY ENCORES

Miss Elizabeth Jarratt and Littleton Mayes Give Concert in Petersburg.

PETERSBURG, VA , March 4— A gathering of friends of Miss Elizabeth Jarratt and Littleton Mayes the assembly rooms of the Y. W. C. A. Last night, when Forrest Dabney Carr presented the two, who are his pupils, in a joint song recital. The program was divided in two parts, consisting group of songs in each part, rendered by each of the artists with the closing number rendered by both in a duet. This number was "Passage-Birds' Farewell," by Hildack. The varied numbers gave ample opportunity to show quality and range of Miss Jarratt's beautiful soprano voice, as well as Mr. Mayes' rich baritone. As last number was sung, the assemblage used to leave their seats until the performers with an encore, very graciously rendering the duet "Gondellied" by Hoffman.

Mr. Carr, Miss Jarratt and Mr. Mayes were the recipients congratulations the close of the recital on the success of the evening's entertainment. The enjoyment of the program was further enhanced by the accompanist, Mrs. Forrest Dabney Carr.

After the recital Miss Jarratt entertained a few of her special friends with an elegant eight-course dinner the Petersburg Hotel. Those present were Mr. and Mrs. Forrest Dabney Carr, Richmond, Va.; Mrs R. E. Jarratt, Jarratt, Va.; Miss Vivian Miller, Jarratt, Va.; J. Nicholas Jarratt, Jarratt, Va.; Mr. and Mrs. B. J. Jarratt, Stony Creek, Va.; Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Freeman, Stony Creek, Va.; Miss Ruth Jarratt, Miss Mary Carter Tomlin, Miss Nannie Myers, Mr. and Mrs. H. Carter Myers, Mr. and Mrs. G. Cleveland Wright, Mr. and Mrs. Howard E. Wright, Mr. and Mrs. Littleton Mayes and Miss Madge Hood.

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We have attempted to find reference online to "Gondellied" and "Hoffman" in the same line, but apparently that didn't happen until 2009? Haha, the internet.

We had to laugh.

No author was noted for this article.

[kleighvintage]

We are going to need a bigger box! 📦😅

[unteriors]

Cherry Street, Petersburg, Virginia.

[libraryofva]

Recent Acquisition - Ephemera Collection

Going to School ... in Petersburg, Virginia. A Handbook for Parents of Pre-School Children. Petersburg Public Schools, Petersburg, Virginia. 1954

[black]

[lightdancer1]

The largest massacre of Black soldiers by Confederate soldiers was in the Battle of the Crater:

The biggest massacre of Black soldiers in the war was in the Battle of the Crater. Part of the Siege of Petersburg, the war's longest campaign and the one where it really did start to foreshadow the war of 1914 (and ironically the one campaign of which the least is written about in spite of being both the longest and the most modern for a variety of reasons), it was the most ill-starred battle of the campaign. It saw a plan that could have worked bungled by Burnside, Mead, and Grant.

The plan was to do a very medieval method of breaking a siege and a very unsubtle one. Blow a hole in the line, advance around the hole, roll the line up. The plan was assigned to Black soldiers, then Mead got cold feet, talked Grant and Burnside into changing this, and the plan that unfolded was a prime example of how to kill a lot of people in a short amount of time for no gain. The troops originally assigned were drawn into the killing field in the Crater because the white troops that replaced them forced the battle there.

General William Mahone, a future pro-civil rights 'Readjustor' orchestrated accordingly the largest massacre of Black soldiers in the entire war, one done by Lee's Army of Northern Virginia and one noted at the time. Leading to the grim irony that General Mead's racism brought about the very thing he claimed he didn't want.

[penhero]

A story about Arnold pens?  Really?

Was Remmie Arnold the King of the Cheapies? Did the Arnold Pen Company make anything worth collecting? The answers may surprise you! If Remmie Arnold, founder and owner of the R. L. Arnold Pen Manufacturing Company, was to tell his own life story, it would sound a lot like his profile given in Virginia newspapers when he was running for the Democratic nomination for the 1949 Virginia governor’s race. Each telling was like a “Horatio Alger rags to riches story,” as if written by a New York agency. From a lowly beginning, Arnold started his career as a clerk at the Edison Pen Company in Petersburg, Virginia. After twenty years learning the pen manufacturing business, he rose to be the company’s general manager and president. He left Edison in 1935 at the age of 41 and founded his own namesake pen company and launched a career of making and selling low price, low cost pens by the thousands to major retail chains and advertising companies. By 1942, the Arnold Pen Company was the second largest manufacturer of pens and pencils in the world, by volume. But are there any collectible Arnolds?

Read the story about Remmie Arnold and his early pens here!

https://www.penhero.com/PenGallery/Arnold/Arnold1935.htm

[whitesinhistory]

Though courts are supposed to be committed to equal justice under law, judges throughout the country have oftentimes been more committed to racial hierarchy than to the Constitution. On June 2, 1961, a Virginia judge upheld racial segregation in courtrooms, dismissing a lawsuit filed by three Black men who challenged the practice, describing as “totally without merit” their allegation that segregating courtrooms was degrading.

After being forced to sit separately from white community members in the municipal court in Petersburg, Virginia, George Wells, the Rev. R. G. Williams, and the Rev. Dr. Milton H. Reid sought an injunction to prevent Judge Herbert H. Gilliam, the chief judge of Petersburg’s municipal court, from continuing to subject Black community members to segregated seating. The lawsuit asserted that there was “no moral or legal justification for courtroom segregation,” calling the practice “degrading and shameful.”

Federal Judge Oren R. Lewis dismissed the lawsuit on June 2, 1961, describing the allegations of mistreatment as meritless since an equal number of seats were provided to each of the segregated sections for Black and white community members. He added that segregated seating in courtrooms was a “long established practice,” and that Judge Gilliam had kept Black and white people separate to “preserve order and decorum in his courtroom.”

The U.S. Supreme Court played a powerful role in protecting discriminatory Jim Crow laws for decades and shielding the South from challenges to its racial caste system. In Plessy v. Ferguson, the Supreme Court’s most well-known decision upholding segregation, the Court rejected Mr. Plessy’s argument that forced racial separation branded Black people as inferior and countered, “If this be so, it is not by reason of anything found in the act, but solely because the colored race chooses to put that construction upon it.”

Read EJI’s report, Segregation in America, to learn more about the white community's campaign of massive resistance to integration that kept schools, courtrooms, and other public spaces segregated for decades.

[dlyarchitecture]

[dispelzine]

Alleys / West Bank Street, Petersburg, Virginia.

[kleighvintage]

An estate sale adventure in the city of Petersburg, Virginia with a quick 15 minute scenic drive from my home through Old Towne that was built in the 1800s.

This was the first frosty grass and toe tingling cold Fall morning we had here. The line quickly grew long with people who were anxiously waiting to enter the house and chit chatting about what items they were hoping to snag.

Welcome to the historic neighborhood of Walnut Hill where this home sits on a sunny corner lot of Brandon Ave.

In years past it overlooked a peaceful body of water, some say it may have been a reservoir. Over time it dried up and the area around it became overgrown with trees. It was considered to be a lake front property in its heyday.

This weathered and neglected house was packed from the basement, the main floor, upstairs bedrooms and to the converted attic space. There were two sun porches and one had a fireplace!

No one was allowed into the basement, they claimed it was toxic and full of junk. Most resellers, the flipper or a collector could argue that point of view easily.

"Someone else's trash is someone one else's treasure!"

The rest of the home was a tight squeeze to fit through a sea of glassware, endless amounts of kitchen cookware, linens and furniture galore. The owner's passion was collecting artwork from various eras.

Her clothing collection was the definition of dopamine dressing. Colorful wool knit cardigans, southwestern tapestry jackets and extensive stacks of base layer shirts. Lots of cocktail purses, shoes and scarfs. Beside the racks of clothing was stacks of wooden jewelry boxes.

I was longing to grab as much as my arms could carry but the overwhelming scent of mothballs held me back. If you know, you know. Removing that scent from wool is a sincere back breaking labor of love. The process can take weeks and may not totally work.

I opted for a wearable art linen shirt and three cardigans and a pair of corduroy pants that had been safely stored in plastic totes.

As I was digging through a mountain of treasures, the story of how this sale came to be started to be told.

A woman and her husband had purchased this mansion together elven years ago. The listing photos were magazine worthy, the home was such a beauty! As the couple started to move things in, sadly the husband became too ill to continue on.

The wife would thrift and buy things at auctions as a way to cope. Using the house as storage while clinging to hope that one day she would be able to move in. She never did move in and the home sat empty all those years.

One of the estate sale employees chimed in stating that it had taken them six weeks to sort, rearrange, stage and price every single item for sale.

I was making my way through the kitchen, I could overhear her say,

"There is a man who wants to go through the trash pile, okay that's fine."

A few minutes later a couple of women were clamoring on how surprised they were that this lady had never owned a store from the sheer amount of items she owned.

Yet in the middle of the chaos, you can always find things that make you giggle. For me it was the Goodwill price tags on the kitchen bowl or still attached to bottom of a photo frame. My home is the same way!

This sale was very crowded but it was so much fun to see what everyone was picking out for themselves. Here a few of my favorite finds from the sale for my own personal space; a vintage metal sun, 70s yellow melamine mixing bowl and bubble lites for the Christmas tree.

Last but not least, was this mid century chartreuse green mohair wide width scarf made in Germany. Which will be coming to the shop soon!

[unteriors]

Central Avenue, Petersburg, West Virginia.

[libraryofva]

Recent Acquisition - Ephemera Collection

State Tax 1893. To State of Virginia, Dr. Payable to C.R. Slaughter, City Treasurer, Petersburg, Va.

[whencyclopedia]

Siege of Yorktown

The Siege of Yorktown (28 September to 19 October 1781) was the final major military operation of the American Revolutionary War (1775-1783). It resulted in the surrender of British general Lord Charles Cornwallis, whose army had been trapped in Yorktown, Virginia, by George Washington's Franco-American army on land, and by Comte de Grasse's French fleet at sea.

Storming of Redoubt 10 During the Siege of Yorktown

Eugène Lami (Public Domain)

War Comes to Virginia

In the spring of 1781, as the American War of Independence approached its sixth year, the British came to Virginia. 1,500 British troops under the command of the American turncoat Benedict Arnold landed at Portsmouth in January, going on to capture and burn the city of Richmond. Arnold was joined two months later by 2,300 more men under Major General William Phillips; together, Phillips and Arnold defeated a Virginia militia force at Blandford in late April before going on to burn the tobacco warehouses at Petersburg. They remained in Petersburg as they awaited the arrival of Lord Charles Cornwallis, who was marching up from North Carolina with 1,500 men, the survivors of the costly British victory at the Battle of Guilford Court House. Cornwallis reached Petersburg on 20 May, several days after General Phillips had died of a fever. Arnold returned to New York in June, leaving Cornwallis in sole command of the combined British army, which numbered over 7,200 men.

Cornwallis was not supposed to be in Virginia. Indeed, Sir Henry Clinton, commander-in-chief of the British forces and Cornwallis' superior officer, had ordered him to merely suppress Patriot resistance in the Carolinas. A task that had, at first, appeared easy enough soon turned into a quagmire, as Patriot and Loyalist militias tore each other to bloody shreds in the South Carolinian backcountry. All the progress Cornwallis had made in pacifying the country quickly unraveled after two defeats at the Battle of Kings Mountain and the Battle of Cowpens. Even his eventual victory at Guilford Court House left a bitter taste in his mouth, as he had lost over 25% of his army and had allowed the elusive American general Nathanael Greene to slip through his fingers. It was clear that his strategy would have to change if he wanted to win the South, no matter General Clinton's orders. His solution had been to invade Virginia. Greene and the Carolinian militias counted on supplies and reinforcements from the Old Dominion; should Virginia fall, Cornwallis calculated the rest of the South would fall with it.

Now, with the strength of Arnold's and Phillips' armies added to his own, Cornwallis put his plan into motion. He first struck toward Richmond, sending a small American army under Gilbert du Motiers, Marquis de Lafayette, running, before dispatching raiding parties into Virginia's heartland to seize supply depots and disrupt lines of communications. Lt. Colonel Banastre Tarleton and his dreaded British Legion were sent to Charlottesville, where Governor Thomas Jefferson and the Virginia General Assembly had relocated after the burning of Richmond; warned of Tarleton's coming, Jefferson and all but seven of the legislators managed to escape into the mountains mere minutes before 'Bloody Ban' arrived to apprehend them. Finally, on 25 June, Cornwallis' main army arrived triumphantly in Williamsburg. It might have been the start to a glorious conquest – had Cornwallis not received fresh orders from General Clinton the very next day.

American War of Independence, 1775 - 1783

Simeon Netchev (CC BY-NC-ND)

The orders were for Cornwallis to suspend military operations in Virginia. Clinton had learned that a sizable French fleet was sailing up from the West Indies, and he feared that New York City (where Clinton himself was located with 10,000 men) was its target. Cornwallis, therefore, was to go on the defensive, march to the nearest deep-water port – Clinton recommended Portsmouth or Yorktown – fortify it, and wait there for further orders. Cornwallis was deeply frustrated by these instructions, as he believed that it was in Virginia where the war would be won. Nevertheless, he did as he was told. He marched out of Williamsburg, pausing only to lay an ambush for Lafayette's pursuing army; the resulting Battle of Green Spring (6 July) bloodied Lafayette's force but did not destroy it. Cornwallis pressed on, ultimately choosing Yorktown as his destination. By 6 August, he had landed his troops there and had begun to fortify both Yorktown and Gloucester Point, just across the York River.

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[cemeteryangel725]

My Good Omens fics

Hi, I'm CemeteryAngel725, and I write Good Omens fanfiction, mostly smutty, and mostly human AU, although I do branch out from time to time. I also make weird little collages. You can find me on AO3 here.

My completed works (updated 7/23/2024):

More of a Comment Than a Question (E, 1,381 words, 1/1 chapters): Dr. Aziraphale Fell and Dr. Anthony Crowley are both architectural historians in the same department. You would think they would have a lot in common, but it's the exact opposite - from the day they met, Crowley has done everything in his power to annoy Aziraphale. But now they're being forced to share a hotel room at an academic conference, and Aziraphale is worried. Will they survive the weekend?

Over the Rainbow (E, 10,259 words, 1/1 chapters): Fresh out of college, Aziraphale and Crowley are roommates, marching in NYC Pride with their best friends Eric and Beez. Aziraphale has had feelings for Crowley for a long time, but will he ever work up the courage to tell him?

Special Guest Stars (E, 7,668 words, 1/1 chapters): After the Catskill Mountains Renaissance Faire finishes for the day, Crowley and Aziraphale meet a pair of Doctor Who cosplayers in a local tavern. They soon learn that they all have a lot in common.

Down to the River (E, 30,365 words, 8/8 chapters): Twenty-five years ago, Tony Crowley walked out of Azi’s life and broke both of their hearts. Since then, Azi has been living in suspended animation, working in the army/navy surplus booth he inherited from his dad and writing horror novels. Now Tony is back from the city, flush with success and wanting to catch up with Azi. Should Azi risk his heart and try to reclaim what they’ve lost? Or is it too late to start over?

Control (E, 2,142 words, 1/1 chapters): After a dismal opening weekend at their local Renaissance Faire, Crowley asks Aziraphale for some help with letting it all go. Aziraphale gives it to him in the best way he knows how.

Even Bound as We Are (E, 12,266 words, 2/2 chapters): Left on his own after the death of his mother, Aziraphale of Eastgate Hall is under the thumb of his cruel stepfather, Lord Gabriel. Alone in the forest one day, Aziraphale casts a spell to summon fae, taught to him by his mother. He’s not expecting it to work, but when a sarcastic, red-headed faery steps into the clearing before him, his life is changed forever.

Reviewing the Armies (E, 5,573 words, 1/1 chapters): It is May of 1865 and the war is over, or nearly over. Aziraphale has relocated to Washington, DC, and he is counting down the hours until he can be reunited with Anthony. When they meet again, sparks fly.

Folding the Laundry (E, 6,817 words, 1/1 chapters): Two single moms, one basket of laundry, and a bottle of wine. Azira and Toni have been best friends since middle school, but they’re about to find out that they don’t know every single thing about each other, at least not just yet.

After the Fight (E, 2,776 words, 1/1 chapters): In the wake of battle, Anthony returns to Aziraphale's tent completely distraught. Aziraphale is there to help him pick up the pieces.

Dough (E, 673 words, 1/1 chapters): Crowley and Aziraphale argue about how to knead pizza dough. Aziraphale shows Crowley how to do it properly.

Coming into Focus (E, 6,721 words, 1/1 chapters): It is the summer of 1864, and Aziraphale is an itinerant photographer set up behind Union lines outside Petersburg, Virginia. He’s no stranger to pleasure, but he has always protected his heart. But when the redheaded colonel of the 5th New Jersey walks into his tent, he begins to wonder whether it’s time to rethink his stance on love.

Of Fire and Falcons (E, 54,201 words, 15/15 chapters): Since they met at a Florida Renaissance faire a year and a half ago, fire spinner Crowley and falconer Aziraphale have been a great deal more than friends, but they've never quite admitted what they really feel about each other. Now Crowley has fallen in love, and he has five weeks at the Catskill Mountains Renaissance Faire during the most romantic season of the year to convince Aziraphale to see the light.

Hold the Lift (T, 5,621 words, 1/1 chapters): Crowley just wants to get to work on time, but when he gets stuck in a lift with new guy Aziraphale, he ends up with a lot more than he bargained for. See, Aziraphale has this list of 36 questions…

Beyond the Barricade (E, 29,854 words, 10/10 chapters): Az Eastgate and AJ Crowley are American college students in a production of Les Miserables. Will Az work up the courage to tell AJ how he feels about him?

Catching the Light (E, 3,994 words, 1/1 chapters): Azira Fell and Antoinette Crowley are American sculptors living their best lives in Rome in the 1860s. Toni has a commission to finish before Anathema’s wedding, and Azira offers to model for her.

Christmas is Definitely Not a Humbug (E, 3,071 words, 1/1 chapters): It is 1843, and Crowley brings home a brand-new copy of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol as a gift for Aziraphale. Aziraphale shows his gratitude in the best way he knows how.

[flagwars]

Bisexual Fusion Flag Wars: Round 1

This new tournament will focus on various flags recolored using the colors of the bisexual flag! All of these recolors were made by me, and most of the flags were suggested by my followers. This tournament is rather unusual compared to most of my tournaments, so I hope everyone enjoys it! Let me know if you would like to see more tournaments like this one in the future! The first round will start sometime this week.

Round 1:

1. Wiphala vs. Jamaica vs. Lincoln, Nebraska

2. Tocantins, Brazil vs. North Savo, Finland

3. Gilbert, West Virginia vs. Naval Ensign of Thailand

4. Syracuse, New York vs. Denver, Colorado vs. Washington DC

5. Palestine vs. Salem, Oregon

6. Bellingham, Washington vs. Reno, Nevada vs. South Ostrobothnia, Finland

7. Ukraine (with coat of arms) vs. Bavaria, Germany

8. Barbados vs. Tulsa, Oklahoma

9. People’s Flag of Milwaukee vs. Texas vs. Sutherland, Scotland

10. Brittany, France vs. Duchy of Brittany

11. Norway vs. Balearic Islands, Spain vs. Utah

12. Riverside, California vs. Mississippi vs. Leicestershire, England

13. Kanepi Parish, Estonia vs. Canada

14. Anaheim, California (2018-2019) vs. Tennessee vs. Naval Ensign of Estonia

15. Republic of Anguilla vs. Portland, Oregon vs. Madison, Wisconsin

16. St. Petersburg, Florida vs. Port Clinton, Ohio vs. Keystone Flag