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While the city fosters this sense of cheer, its history with the holiday has not always been so merry. From its early years, some of the city’s worst tragedies have taken place during or around Christmas.
Virginia universities reckon with Confederate symbols FILE PHOTO: Demonstrators pulled down the Richmond Howitzers Monument at Virginia Commonwealth University (June 2020). The university was in the process of auditing Confederate symbols on its two campuses and has since begun removal and renaming of those symbols. Photo by Andrew Ringle, The Commonwealth Times. (Source: Capitol News Service) By Katharine DeRosa | Capital News Service | May 10, 2021 at 6:22 PM EDT - Updated May 11 at 12:30 PM RICHMOND, Va. - Virginia universities in the former heart of the Confederacy are reckoning wit...