05/25/2025
Memorial Weekend...A good time to visit Richmond In Sight's blog, Richmond Views, and get to know a young soldier who went off to France in WWI and didn't come home. My great-uncle, Leon Stilson, died in France and we remember his sacrifice and all others.
Richmond, Virginia in 1917 was a kaleidoscope of contradictions. Horse-drawn wagons shared cobblestoned streets with Model Ts. Streetcars rumbled down Broad Street and families swam in Shields Lakeā¦