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In 2006, McLaughlin decided to challenge Richmond's incumbent mayor Irma Anderson. She was elected on November 7, 2006 by a 242-vote margin over Anderson. [7] At the time, her victory made Richmond the largest city in the country with a Green Party mayor. [7] [8] McLaughlin won a second term in office in the 2010 municipal election. [9]
The Old State Armory building with Harpers Ferry Machinery was transferred to Confederate States control in June 1861. Production of Richmond rifles began in October 1861 and continued until the supply of wooden stocks was exhausted in January 1865. [5] Most of the facility was destroyed during the Evacuation Fire of 1865.
Virginia's Lobby Day is an annual event, held each year on MLK Day and created by the Virginia Citizens Defense League. The annual rally began about 17 years ago. [4] The 2020 rally received international attention and a greater turnout than previous years because a Democratic majority in both the Virginia House of Delegates and state Senate was elected in 2019, alongside incumbent Democratic ...
Richmond’s mass shooting was the country’s 278th in the first 157 days of 2023, according to the Gun Violence Archive, using the definition of when four or more people are shot or killed in a ...
Richmond’s mass shooting was the country’s 278th in the first 157 days of 2023, according to the Gun Violence Archive, using the definition of when four or more people are shot or killed in a ...
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The arsenal and foundry are the namesake of "Old Gun Road" in the Robious area of Chesterfield County. [3] On 6 May, 1971, Bellona Arsenal was added to the National Register of Historic Places. It is located near Midlothian, Virginia, off State Route 673 northwest of its junction with VA 147.
At the start of the American Civil War, the Confederacy suffered from a lack of resources with the capability to produce small arms weapons. Virginia appropriated funds to modernize the Old State Armory building in Richmond with arms-making machinery manufactured in England, but the confrontation at Fort Sumter initiated the Union blockade which prevented delivery of the machinery.