by James Melson | Mar 16, 2021 | 2021, Weekly Reflection
President Johnson signs the Voting Rights Act of 1965 In response to Bloody Sunday in Selma, AL, President Johnson gave a historic speech to a joint session of Congress on March 15, 1965. He called for a Voting Rights Act but framed it in a way that spoke to the...
by James Melson | Mar 9, 2021 | 2021, Weekly Reflection
Amelia Boynton Robinson after being beaten on Bloody Sunday March 7, 1965 Sunday, March 7 was the 56th anniversary of “Bloody Sunday” when peaceful marchers crossing the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, AL were brutally beaten by Alabama State Troopers and local...
by James Melson | Mar 2, 2021 | 2021, Weekly Reflection
New Virginia Historical Marker Erected in Farmville Through the Efforts of 4th Graders at Laurel Ridge Elementary School in Fairfax County. Children in a 4th grade class in Fairfax County Virginia recently helped to change how history is told through Virginia...
by James Melson | Feb 23, 2021 | 2021, Weekly Reflection
This week marked a sad and tragic milestone as our nation exceeded 500,000 deaths in the COVID-19 pandemic. Death on such a massive scale is nearly unimaginable, yet each life represented a unique and beloved child of God. While vaccines and other mitigation efforts...
by James Melson | Feb 16, 2021 | 2021, Weekly Reflection
Monday of this week was Presidents’ Day. It comes during February when we also observe Black History Month. The one person who serves as a link between these two commemorations is Abraham Lincoln. Presidents’ Day is in February because this is the month in which both...
by James Melson | Feb 10, 2021 | 2021, Weekly Reflection
Over the last month, we have repeatedly heard the word “insurrection.” It means, “ a violent uprising against an authority or government.” That is exactly what happened at the Capitol on January 6, and it is the basis for the impeachment trial of Donald Trump that...
