Reliving moments in time

For you River City dwellers, if you have not yet been to the Virginia Historical Society, make some time this week to mosey on over there and enjoy.  It's FREE! And it is an excellent place to spend a few hours.  Located at 428 North Boulevard, the building sits right beside the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts.

We spent a few hours there Saturday afternoon, sandwiched between lunch at Joe's Inn and ice cream at Boyer's Ice Cream.   Lisa and the boys had been there before with rave reviews, but this was my first time there.  Lisa had told Nicholas we would not hurry and he could read everything.  I wasn't sure what that meant until Lisa and Patrick had finished the entire building and I was still with Nicholas at the first exhibit, as he read each and every word in the entire building.  That is probably a slight exaggeration, but Nicholas was in his environment, thoroughly soaking up all the rich history displayed there.

There are currently two main exhibits.  One is "An American Turning Point: The Civil War in Virginia," a exhibition commemorating the 150th anniversary of the American Civil War, which is on display from February 4 to December 30, 2011.  The other is "The Story of Virginia, an American Experience" which showcases Virginia from as far back as you can get until the present.

Here are some of my favorite pics of the day.

Patrick outside the VA Historical Society.

What I learned about Virginia women.

I'm a sparkish gentlemen (fine and well-dressed).

I made Patrick wear the hat.

Nicholas read.

And Nicholas read.

And I made him stop reading to take this fabulously historic picture.

What Patrick and Lisa did while Nicholas read.

Lisa and a Richmond trolley.

And a Patrick shot.

A fun day!  I encourage anyone while in Richmond to spend some time here!