Living in Virginia
Living in Virginia - The Iris Still Blooms
Season 2 Episode 1 | 26m 24sVideo has Closed Captions
600 families were forced to move from their homes due to the creation of Shenandoah Park
With the state recovering from the chestnut blight, the stock market crash and the Great Depression in the early 1930s, it was thought that the creation of a national park would revive the spirit of Virginia. As a result, almost 600 families were forced to move from their mountain homes. Former residents talk about what it was like to leave their mountain homes and the various reactions to moving
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Living in Virginia is a local public television program presented by VPM
Living in Virginia
Living in Virginia - The Iris Still Blooms
Season 2 Episode 1 | 26m 24sVideo has Closed Captions
With the state recovering from the chestnut blight, the stock market crash and the Great Depression in the early 1930s, it was thought that the creation of a national park would revive the spirit of Virginia. As a result, almost 600 families were forced to move from their mountain homes. Former residents talk about what it was like to leave their mountain homes and the various reactions to moving
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Living in Virginia is a local public television program presented by VPM