December 31: Happy Birthday! Henry S. Stokes
Henry Straughan Stokes was born on this day in 1880, in Virginia, to Colin and Florence Turpin Stokes. Henry attended the local schools in Prince Edward County and Randolph Macon Academy. He earned a...
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December 31,1961: Confederate Ball at Reynolda House
Charles Babcock Jr. held a Confederate Ball at Reynolda House on this evening in 1961, to celebrate the centennial of the Civil War. According to an article in the newspaper by Roy...