Richmond Intro

A Day in Richmond, VA
(January 10, 2015)
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Pipe Organ at St. Paul's Episcopal Church

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Intro. We recently spent a weekend in Richmond, VA visiting our friends. While there, we spent a Saturday seeing some of the sights in Richmond. We visited the Jefferson Hotel, the Virginia State Capitol, and St. Paul's Episcopal Church.

Built in 1895, the historic Jefferson Hotel is the premier place to stay in Richmond. Patrons have included US Presidents William McKinley, Theodore Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, Calvin Coolidge, and Franklin D. Roosevelt and celebrities, such as Henry James, Charles Lindbergh, The Rolling Stones, Dolly Parton, and Elvis Presley. The hotel is known in the past for its alligators in the lobby, the last of which died in 1948.
Even older, the Virginia State Capitol was built in 1785 and it is the home of the oldest legislative body in the Western Hemisphere, the Virginia Assembly. Virginia's State Capitol has a long and interesting history including its service as the Capitol of the Confederacy during the American Civil War. While there, we came upon a wedding party being photographed outside the capitol and, of course, I grabbed a couple of shots.
Built in 1845, St. Paul's Episcopal Church is an historic church located directly across the street from the Virginia State Capitol. t has long been a popular house of worship for political figures, including General Robert E. Lee and Confederate President Jefferson Davis.

Photo info. All of the photos were shot handheld with a Canon EOS 7D MK II DSLR and an EF-S 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS STM lens. All images were shot Raw and processed in Adobe® Photoshop® Lightroom® 5.7.

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