Visiting Richmond's past
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City developing plan to help visitors take in historic riches
For four long years of the Civil War, Union forces rallied behind the cry, "On to Richmond." Now the same slogan is being used to lure visitors.
'People believe in this now'
The Future of Richmond's Past has a new future itself as the city prepares for the 150th anniversary of the Civil War and Emancipation. The ad hoc alliance of 15 organizations is opening an office with a part-time staffer. Anedra Bourne, marketing director at the American Civil War Center, will devote half of her time to "The Future" in an office supplied by Venture Richmond.
Civil War market is large
People who are attracted by the Civil War are profitable tourists to seek, said Alisa Bailey, president of the Virginia Tourism Corp. For every $7 spent by visitors in Virginia, $1 is spent on an experience related to the Civil War, she said. Civil War travelers stay a day and a half longer (averaging 4.8 days instead of 3.3 days) than average travelers and spend more money (averaging $80 per person per day vs. $52 for all travelers; totaling $311 per travel party instead of $145).
Commission fulfilling ambitious plans
The 150th anniversary of the Civil War got its first official recognition in 2006 when the Virginia Sesquicentennial of the American Civil War Commission was created by the General Assembly.
On to Richmond: Got a day, or two, or three?
One day in Richmond Get the lay of the land, starting with the official Gateway to the Civil War at Tredegar. Two Civil War institutions on the riverfront -- the American Civil War Center at Historic Tredegar and the Richmond National Battlefield Park's Civil War Visitor Center -- have joined forces with the Richmond Metropolitan Convention and Visitors Bureau to introduce visitors to the city near a spot scouted out by English explorers from Jamestown in 1607.
An interactive tour of Richmond area historical sites using Google Earth.
RACE IN RICHMOND:
THE NEXT CHAPTER
Chapter 1: Starting the conversation
Chapter 2: Thalhimers sit-in
Chapter 3: Jackson Ward
Chapter 4: Building trust
Chapter 5: Attitudes about race
Chapter 6: Touring Richmond's history
Chapter 7: Trailblazers
Chapter 8: Diversity in schools
Chapter 9: Multi-race families
Commentaries on the past, present and future of race relations in Richmond.
The lunch-counter sit-in at Thalhimer's department store put Richmond on the road to change.
A video-guided tour of Jackson Ward, Richmond's oldest historically black neighborhood.
A look at the work of Future of Richmond's Past and other groups that are forging a conversation about race in Richmond.
A poll shows that blacks and whites differ in their attitudes about the state of race relations in Richmond.
An interactive tour of Richmond area historical sites using Google Earth.
Student essays on people from the past that empower them.
Richmond-area schools are becoming more diverse.
Meet the Carrolls — a large multi-racial family in Chesterfield.
Deal of the Day
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