Venture Richmond Inside Buzz

3.31.2009

Sunday, April 12th
Easter on Parade
Monument Avenue between Allen & Davis, Free admission, 1-5pm
Easter on Parade, the beloved Richmond tradition of "parading" down scenic Monument Avenue continues this year! Join tens of thousands of people as they converge upon the four-block site to celebrate the arrival of spring. The two main highlights of the annual event are the Pet Bonnet and People Bonnet Showcases on the Main Stage. For more information visit
www.venturerichmond.com

Steps Toward Freedom: Lincoln's Walk in Richmond
All events are free and open to the public
This multi-program event will retrace Lincoln's inaugural visit to Richmond on April 4, 1865, and will consider the symbolic nature of the occasion which marked both the near-end of a bloody armed conflict and the promise of freedom for enslaved African Americans. Through lectures, walks and historic images participants will explore the unique combination of devastation, fear and hope that existed in Richmond in the spring of 1865 when, on April 4th, a weary Abraham Lincoln walked solemnly through the smoldering ruins of a fallen city. This program is made possible by the generous support of the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Commission, Venture Richmond, Virginia Foundation for the Humanities, Segway of Richmond and WTVR Channel 6.

Saturday, April 4th
Lincoln, God, and Emancipation: A Promise Fulfilled
Lecture, Dr. Lucas E. Morel, Washington and Lee University
Library of Virginia, 800 E. Broad Street, Free admission, 2pm-3pm
As part of the bicentennial year celebrating Lincoln's birth, the Valentine Richmond History Center, in partnership with the National Park Service, the American Civil War Center at Historic Tredegar and the Library of Virginia, will offer this special program. A Lincoln scholar and professor of politics at Washington and Lee University, Dr. Morel will discuss the origins and implications of Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation for this Saturday lecture. He is a member of the scholarly advisory committee of the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission and an adjunct fellow at the Ashbrook Center, for which he writes a monthly opinion piece on American current affairs. Complimentary parking. Enter parking deck on 8th or 9th Streets between Marshall and Broad. For more information call 804-692-3592.

Sunday, April 5th
Richmond Again Taken, Michael Gorman, National Park Service
American Civil War Center, 490 Tredegar Street, Free admission, 12pm-12:45pm
As part of the bicentennial year celebrating Lincoln's birth, the Valentine Richmond History Center, in partnership with the National Park Service, the American Civil War Center at Historic Tredegar and the Library of Virginia, will offer this special program. National Park Service Ranger Michael Gorman will present a sampling of photographs made of Richmond in 1865 for this Sunday feature. Many of these photographs are being shown publicly for the first time. For more information call 804-780-1865.

Sunday, April 5th
And Now the Nightmare is Gone: Abraham Lincoln & the Fall of the Confederacy
Lecture, Jimmy Price, Henrico County Department of Historic Preservation and Museum Services
American Civil War Center at Historic Tredegar, 500 Tredegar Street, Free admission, 1pm-1:30pm As part of the bicentennial year celebrating Lincoln's birth, the Valentine Richmond History Center, in partnership with the National Park Service, the American Civil War Center at Historic Tredegar and the Library of Virginia, will offer this special program. Henrico County Educator Jimmy Price discusses the historical significance of Lincoln's visit to Richmond in April 1865 and its historical significance. For more information call 804-780-1865.

Sunday, April 5th
Lincoln Walk, Self-Guided
Begins at 17th & Dock Streets in Shockoe Bottom, Free admission, 2pm-5pm
This self-guided walk follows the route traveled by Abraham Lincoln and his son, Tad, on their visit to Richmond on April 4, 1865, following the evacuation of Richmond by the Confederate government. Historic Richmond Tour guides provided by the Valentine Richmond History Center, as well as National Park Service rangers, will be stationed along the route. The walk begins where Lincoln disembarked from his boat and continues north up 14th Street to Court End to the White House of the Confederacy. Participants will then circle back toward 17th and Dock or may opt to retrace Lincoln and Tad's steps to Rockett's Landing, the actual site of their departure. Along the way, guides will offer verbal and visual perspective on how the city appeared to Lincoln that day in 1865. The walk should take approximately 90 minutes. Participants may begin at 17th and Dock and follow the route, or they may join the walk at any point along the way. Maps will be provided for all walkers on the day of the tour, or participants may download the map directly at www.lincolnwalkrichmond.com. Parking is available on the street and in the surface parking lot between 15th-17th Streets on E. Cary Street. For more information call 804-649-0711 ext. 301.