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FORT DARLING, DREWRY’S BLUFF 1864

Bermuda Campaign: the fight for the peninsula

By Mark Fausz on May 11, 2017 Features, History

Cannons roared, guns rang out, troops dug earthworks fortifications. The Civil War had come to Chesterfield. Bermuda Hundred was now in the thick of it. Drewry’s Bluff was the scene of two battles and skirmishes broke out in the wood between Bermuda and Chester Station until the Confederates kept the Federal or Union forces “bottled up” on the Bemuda Peninsula. It’s been 153 years since forces from the North and South squared off. Even to this day, some people don’t agree on wh at it was fought for. On May 5, 1864, General Butler moved his entire army on a…

$42,000 WAS DONATED TO THE CHESTERFIELD FOOD BANK LAST WEEK. HUNDREDS FILLED THE ROOM AS THE CHECK WAS PRESENTED TO THE BOARD.

FOOD BANK RECEIVES BIG CHECK FROM WOMAN’S CLUB

By VN Staff on May 4, 2017 Charity, Community, Features

BY MELISSA BROCKWELL The Junior Federated Women’s Club of Chester is honored to support the Chesterfield Food Bank in Chester. The Chesterfield Food Bank is a nonprofit organization committed to serving individuals including children, the elderly, and families in need of help through weekly distributions serving over 450 families each week. This year, the Junior Federated Women’s Club of Chester held its 2nd Annual Mary’s Charity Ball, Boots and Bling honoring their club’s past presidentMary Schindel and her legacy. With the help of many sponsors and individuals the Junior Federated Women’s Club of Chester presented the Chesterfield Food Bank with…

Railroad museum members create new exhibits

By Mark Fausz on December 12, 2016 Features, History, Uncategorized

Members of the Old Dominion Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society have started creating new exhibits for use in the baggage room of that museum. The Board of Directors and the Museum Committe have designed several new, light-weight display panels to replace old, heavy, plywood folding screen type panels. Made by Richmond Signscapes and museum member Jennifer Tompkins, the new panels feature a background of “Southern Railway green” with the SR logo at the bottom in yellow. Lighter, more easily moved displays are desirable because the displays need to be moved to the side when the museum is rented…

Dominion reaches out to the community

By Mark Fausz on November 11, 2016 Features, Uncategorized

The Dominion Virginia Power Station in Chester began supplying electricity in 1945 to over 70,000 homes and businesses around the Richmond Metro area. The 113 Megawatt (MW) power station was operating at full steam only 15 years beyond the widespread use of electricity in the country. Fast forward to today and the Chesterfield station is supplying 1,640 MW of power translating to over a million users. Joshua J. Bennett, director of Chesterfield Power Station, manages the mega facility operated by 257 employees. Bennett knows each one by name, from those who operate and maintain generators to those who run the…

Gold Star Mother’s Day, Family Day

By VN Staff on November 3, 2016 Features, Uncategorized

By Danielle Ozbat “Life is art. Paint your dreams. Sing your song. Enjoy the dance.” That’s an inscription on a Midlothian art studio, Art Factory and Party Place, that was the setting for the fifth annual Gold Star Mother’s Day event. Gold Star families have been in the media lately but despite this recognition, many people are still unaware of the term. Gold Star Mother’s Day was officially established in 1936 by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, and it is observed annually on the last Sunday of September. A Gold Star family is one that has lost an immediate family member…

Love, Honor, Loss: Celebrating the life of Sgt. Aaron Wittman

By VN Staff on October 26, 2016 Features, People, Uncategorized

In Aaron Xavier Wittman’s senior year at The Citadel, his yearbook quote was “If you don’t live for something, you will die for nothing.” His father, Duane Wittman, said it was shocking that he chose this quote, but that it was also a prophetic sign of things to come. Sgt. Wittman became the first U.S. casualty of 2013 in the War on Terror when he was killed in Kyogyani district, Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan on January 10, 2013. It was his second tour in Afghanistan, and he was awarded the Purple Heart and Bronze Star with V for Valor posthumously. His…

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