All of which brings up the Virginia Cavalcade. I seem to recall at least on
article on the subject.
Why cannot those Calvacades be put on line for all of us to revel in them?
Is there a copyright problem, or is it merely a resource problem?
If it is resources, i.e. people, I suggest a "Project Cavalcade" where those
such as I who are interested volunteer to scan the back issues. Put them
into searchable PDF and you have a terrific online reference, color and all.
If somebody wants to chair the effort, I'll kick it off by volunteering to
scan and convert to PDF do one whole year of them.
Randy Cabell
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From: "Hist Docs" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Wednesday, March 04, 2009 4:04 PM
Subject: Re: [VA-HIST] Encyclopedia Virginia
I took great interest in your treatment of the Shenandoah National Park
segment. I find the overall information on that particular matter, though
truncated, to be a semi-summary treatment of the subject. It seems to me
that such a brief overview may paint a very inaccurate picture of the human
deprivation and suffering that went into the parks' formation.
My own family, and many related families, were forcibly removed from land
which they owned for 4 or more generations to make a playground for Harry
Byrd, et al. There is no mention of those who were displaced so the
policticians of that era could bask in the accolades heaped upon them for
"creating" Shenandoah. In truth, what the politicians "created" was a
generation of people who were lost, forsaken, and transplanted into a part
of society with which they shared no commonality.
My ggrandfather, grandfather, and (to some extent) my father never fully
integrated into the society they were placed into when their land was
condemed and they were forced to relocate. They were foresaken by Byrd and
his cronies much as they were foresaken by their own government. Those who
were evicted had lived their lives (for generations) in a society that
placed great emphasis upon hard work, honesty, integrity and family. With
Shenadoah's creation they were forced to set many of those values aside in
an effort to "fit in." Adding insult to injury, they were forced to hear
how their evictions were predicated upon the erroneous conclusion that the
were idle, backward, and less intelligent than their counterparts in the
city. Nothing was farther from the truth.
I hope your treatment of Virginia History would be more thorough in other
areas.
R. Burnett Jenkins
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Sent: March 04, 2009 9:43 AM
Subject: [VA-HIST] Encyclopedia Virginia
I invite you to explore the site
(http://www.encyclopediavirginia.org/<http://www.encyclopediavirginia.org/>)
and
to offer us feedback (you will find a link at the end of each encyclopedia
entry allowing you to provide that feedback). Let us know what you think
of
the content, the design, the whole EV experience.
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