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But what we know today as the best farm forms the 274 acres of what was originally a 748 acre plantation. That plantation was known as laramie todge. It was established by a family of french planters who came to maryland in 1793 from the colony known today as haiti. The family was called the Vincent Deere family. They came to maryland to escape civil Unrest Associated with the slave uprising that begin in 1791 and also with the french revolution. The best farm was acquired by the National Park s...

Mistake. Former Waukesha County District Attorney paul bucher says despite the pressure. The video of sylvilles smiths shooting should not be made public. Yet. Because chisolm may still need to talk to witnesses. Witnesses. It does influence victims. All of a sudden other witnesses that had nothing to do with this come to the surface. Oh ya i was there and i saw blah blah blah. You werent there dude. Youre just repeating what you saw in the video. Bucher says it all comes down to the facts for a...

Not seeing the flag because hell pose a question. O say can you see and does that starspangled banner yet wave over the land of the free and the home of the brave . Hell also answer that question in the second verse where he will say on the shore dimly seen through the midsts of the deep. And hell later say in full glory reflected it shines on the stream. tis the starspangled banner or the land of the free and the home of the brave. So key does see the flag. He sees it the morning after the batt...

Ms. Beasley we are at the best farm. It is named after the tenants who occupied the farm. During the civil war. What we know today as the best farm forms the 274 acres of what was really a 740 plantation. The plantation was known as [indiscernible] it was established by a family of french planters who came to maryland in 1793 from the colony known today as haiti. The family was the Vincent Deere family. They came to maryland for unrest that begin in 1791 and also with the french revolution. It w...

[indiscernible] it was established by a family of french planters who came to maryland in 1793 from the colony known today as haiti. The family was the Vincent Deere family. They came to maryland for unrest that begin in 1791 and also with the french revolution. It was acquired in 1993. Its a fairly recent acquisition. Beginning in 19981999 is when we started doing a substantial amount of Historical Research here at the farm. We were aware there had been at one time a substantial enslaved popula...

Support and sponsorship of this program as well. Of course, the library system, and we really appreciate the everson madison region ally braer. We are, of course, in sh charlottesville, which is the southern terminus of our National Scenic byway as well as National Heritage area. We are pleased that the book tonight focuses on both our northern terminus as well as our southern terminus. You will hear a little bit about gettysburg, which is our northern terminus, our most northern part of our Nat...

We begin with a developing story overnight. Cedar Rapids Police are investigating a shooting at an apartment complex on the citys southwest side and at this point, theres still many unanswered questions. Police are releasing very few details. Kwwls Amanda Gilbert joins us live from the scene. Amanda, theres still a pretty heavy Police Presence this morning. Police are still on scene hours after the shooting happened. Right now im seeing a spotlight. And crime scene tape sorrounding a lot of the ...

Developing news in campbell countythe abandoned dan river plant caught fire today in brookneal and it continues to burn at this hour. People who work in the area tell wfxr news they noticed the thick smoke around 3 this afternoon. According to the town manager, the plant has been closed for about 10 years and was major employer in the area. The plant has been empty since it closed and was in the process of being demolished. The fire shut down part of route 501 as crews worked to put out those fl...

And im january keaton. Our top story this morning the building itself was in the process of being torn down. Now the abandoned dan river plant in brookneal is competely burnt down. This is what it looked like at the plant around 330 thursday afternoon. According to the town manager, the plant once home to a number of jobs in the area closed 10 years ago. Wfxrs paris holmes joins us live from brookneal with the latest on this fire. Paris, what do you know right now . Good morning guys. As you can...

Thank you for choosing good day virginia. Its and im kyle benjamin. Wfxrs paris holmes is monitoring Road Conditions for as paris as paris just mentioned, vdot crews are urging drivers to stay off the roads crews and contractors are working 12hour shifts on the roads right now. This is a live look along interstate 81 in montgomery county. Crews have pretreated some major roads and interstates with a mixture of brine and liquid calcium chloride in advance of those flakes falling. Crews will not p...