The Lexington Day Massacre is what modern citizens of the Commonwealth of Virginia call the day that everything changed. It was not the day they won. They lost, in fact, depending on how you measure victories and losses. It was[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Archive for April, 2021
The Commonwealth of Virginia changed forever when the eastern counties helped Washington D.C. arrest the former Vice President and his family. The change could not be reversed after the former Second Lady disappeared and the Lexington Gazette fought all attempts[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Most people did not know it at the time, but the Commonwealth of Virginia as it had existed died the day the Lexington Gazette printed the front page article “Where is Ruby Freemon?” She was not a native of Lexington,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Commonwealth of Virginia did not lose all federal funding as most American States did during the Second Great Depression. They were Washington D.C.’s closest neighbor, and many who worked in Washington lived in Virginia. So they continued to receive[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Commonwealth of Virginia fell into chaos during the Second Great Depression, along with many national governments all over the globe. Their collapse was worse than many in that it revealed a long standing civil war between the eastern and[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
There appears to be some confusion in our political process when it comes to the Jim Crow laws. So will the real Jim Crow please stand up? See, there were laws passed in some areas that encoded the idea that[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Today is Easter Sunday, the day we celebrate that Jesus came to us. We celebrate is life. We celebrate his death. And we celebrate that his tomb became empty. We celebrate that he rose again. And that in the end[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Two thousand years ago, Jesus went to Jerusalem to celebrate Passover. He traveled to the Temple where a market reigned in the middle of the temple, selling offerings to Jews who came from far and wide. Jesus called them thieves,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Two thousand years ago, the leaders of Jerusalem arrested Jesus for numerous and sundry crimes against the people, the priests, and their God. They sent him to the Romans for justice and demanded that they crucify him. They filled the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Two thousand years ago, a Jewish preacher named Jesus celebrated the Passover with the disciples he had taught for three years. They were his friends. His closest confidants. Brothers and sisters who had followed him all over Israel. He washed[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…