Saint Matthew The Florida Window The Florida window features Saint Matthew, one of the twelve disciples. He left his tax collector booth in Galilee to follow Christ and was sent ...

Revolution in Petersburg The great Civil War siege of Petersburg has given the City international notoriety, yet during the Revolution major fighting finally came to Virginia. ...

Lincoln and Grant Meeting The climactic events leading to the collapse of the Confederacy began on April 1, 1865 when Union forces defeated the two divisions of General George ...

The Keziah Affair During the 1850s, with increasing desperation, the white population of the Upper South witnessed the success of slaves escaping North, both through ...

Saint Luke, the Texas Window Saint Luke, the Texas Window was unveiled in Blandford Church on May 26, 1912, and features the physician who was the disciple of Saint Paul. He is ...

Saint Philip, the Tennessee Window Saint Philip, the third disciple that Jesus called is featured in the Tennessee window. He holds three iconographical symbols: a pen, ...

Believed to have been unveiled at Blandford Church on the 3rd of June 1910 is the Mississippi window featuring Saint James, the son of Alphaeus or James the Less. Selected as one of ...

Saint James,  Mississippi Window Believed to have been unveiled at Blandford Church on the 3rd of June 1910  is the Mississippi window featuring Saint James, the son of ...

Elizabeth Keckly From Dinwiddie to the White House Elizabeth Keckly Petersburg Preservation Elizabeth Keckly was born into slavery as Elizabeth Hobbs in 1818 in Dinwiddie ...

August 3, 2018 Elizabeth Keckly   From Dinwiddie to the White House [caption id="attachment_2216" align="alignright" width="183"] Elizabeth Keckly[/caption] ...