Venture Richmond, in partnership with the City of Richmond and the
National Council for the Traditional Arts, will produce the Richmond
Folk Festival October 10-12, 2008.
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Rededication of the Renovated Headman Statue
Tuesday, April 15, 2008 at 11:00 a.m.
Brown's Island |
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Rededication of the Renovated Headman Statue on Brown's Island
The fourteen-foot tall bronze Headman statue with its wooden bateau and twenty-three-foot long bronze "sweep," or oar, is being renovated and will be rededicated on Tuesday, April 15, 2008 at 11:00 a.m. on Brown's Island in downtown Richmond. Mayor L. Douglas Wilder will speak at the event.
The statue is a replica of a 19th-century James River boatman
(headman) and commemorates the early contributions of African Americans
to commerce in Richmond. Boatmen were essential to Richmond's canal
system that provided faster transport of raw materials and finished
goods around the Falls of the James. The statue had fallen into
disrepair and recently has been refurbished by Venture Richmond, which
manages Brown's Island for the City of Richmond. In addition to Mayor
Wilder, Venture Richmond Chairman of the Board C.T. Hill (SunTrust,
Mid-Atlantic) will make remarks during the event.
Please join us for the rededication Tuesday, April 15, 2008 at 11:00 a.m. on Brown's Island.
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04.10.2008 
