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January 6 is the day traditionally known as Old Christmas. It’s a relic of the Julian Calendar, developed 2,000 years ago. Until fairly recently, Old Christmas was still celebrated in some rural areas of West Virginia. It’s recalled in various traditions such as in the fiddle tune “Old Christmas Morning.”
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsOn January 5, 1887, Governor E. Willis Wilson hosted a ball and banquet to dedicate West Virginia’s new capitol building in downtown Charleston. The event…
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsWest Virginia Public Theatre performs 'A Christmas Carol' in the tradition of live radio plays. Listen on WVPB Radio December 24 at 7 PM and December 25 at 2 PM, or watch and listen on demand.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsDancer Andre Van Damme was born in Belgium on December 16, 1919. He moved to Charleston, W.Va. in 1948 and opened the American Academy of Ballet. In 1956, he founded the Charleston Ballet, which, in 1972, was designated the official West Virginia State Ballet.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsOn Friday, December 15, 1967, at about 5 p.m., the Silver Bridge spanning the Ohio River at Point Pleasant collapsed, plunging thirty-one vehicles plunged into river and killing 46.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsCoal operator Justus Collins was born in Alabama on December 14, 1857. He got his start in coal mining in the Deep South but moved north about 1887 to…
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