Events marking the 157th anniversary of the liberation of Richmond during the Civil War took place Sunday, April 3. On that day in 1865, soldiers and cavalry from the Union Army’s all-Black XXV Corps finally took control of Richmond, which Confederates set ablaze during their evacuation the previous evening. Above, Imani Bell, left, and her mother, Janine Bell, perform in the Elegba Folklore Society’s dance and musical drama, “African-American Reflections on the Civil War,” that debuted at the American Civil War Museum.
