there's people who come to museum who have never heard of patrick henry or thomas jefferson but they know edgar allan poe. he is a an international let literary figure and can't say he belong dozen world and is everybody's writer and that's the great thing about the museum. a place that brings together everybody. >> the james is virginia's largest river. it forms in the appalachian mountains, runs through richmond and slows goo the chesapeake -- flows into the chesapeake bay. wait a trade route for connellists and sometimes called america founding river. continuing the look at richmond we spoke with richmond native and former governor of virginia, douglas wilder. >> hold your hand on the family bible. and repeat after me. i, lawrence douglas wilder, do solemnly swear, that i will support the constitution of the united states, and the constitution of the commonwealth of virginia, and that i will faithfully and impartially discharge all of the duties inincome bunt e bent on me as governor of virginia, according to the best of my ability. so help me god. congratulations. >> thank you. >

there's people who come to museum who have never heard of patrick henry or thomas jefferson but they know edgar allan poe. he is a an international let literary figure and can't say he belong dozen world and is everybody's writer and that's the great thing about the museum. a place that brings together everybody. >> the james is virginia's

there's people who come to the museum who never heard of patrick henry or thomas jefferson, but they know edgar allen poe who truly is an international literary figure. we can really say he belongs somewhat to baltimore or richmond or new york. he belongs to the world. he's everybody's writer and that's a great thing about this museum, it's a place that brings together everybody. >> this memorial in downtown richmond pays tribute to the virginia statute for religious freedom. and acted by the state general assembly on january 16, 1786 and then my thomas jefferson. it addresses the principle of separation of church andstate . the three paragraph statute, the basis for our first amendment protections for religious freedom. next we learn about another founding father in the financial scandal that landed him in prison. >> robert morris was an important american founder but it's true that not very many people knew about him. he was the financier of the american revolution, so call because he served toward the end of the american revolution. he helped put that early government on a sound fi

thomas jefferson. it was here that patrick henry gave his famous give me liberty or give me death speech. which helped spark the beginning of the american revolution. we continue our special feature on richmond with professor jack trammell and his book, "the fourth branch of government: we the people, talk about the public's participation in government". >> the fourth branch of government was actually a contested term. some people refer to it as the media but my co-author and i would like to co-opt that and reinvent the fourth branch to be the power of the people. we believe america has gone to the point where our democracy needs to grow some to and the fourth branch is the people's branch. it is the people's participation in our government and democracy. i think the premise for what he wanted to put came from his experience as an ordinary citizen and our democracy experiencing some of the frustrations with partisanship and the failure of the two-party system and gridlock in government and so on. for me, my perspective changed after retro congress in 2014. it opened my eyes to this functi

thomas jefferson. it was here that patrick henry gave his famous give me liberty or give me death speech.hich helped spark the beginning of the american revolution. we continue our ec

thomas jefferson. it was here that patrick henry gave his famous "give me liberty or give me death" speech that helped spark the beginning of the american revolution. up next, the newly elected stoneyd mayor lavar takes a driving tour of richmond and highlighted the city. ashley: thank you. if someone is ever been to virginia, what should they know about the city? i think that this is the cultural city arts capital of all things virginia. we are thriving, but imagine a thriving city with the backdrop of all of the historic riches we have here as well. to an: we are headed historic neighborhood. mayor stoney: we're going to churchill. ashley: what makes churchill distinct? mayor stoney: you're about to see the original part of the city. right here on the right, st. john's church. ashley: for those who do not know about st. john's church, tell me a little bit about it. mayor stoney:

patrick henry, thomas jefferson and george washington. easily three of the most famous virginian patriots of the revolutionary period. very often individuals like patrick henry or george washington become almost like untouchable figures when we look at them in history. so thinking about something as human as a pair of glasses that actually sat on patrick henry's face makes him seem like a much more three dimensional person and allows us, especially when we're working with visiting student groups, to talk about the fact that these people were making personal and challenging decisions to participate in the american revolution. this was not a cause they supported lightly. it was a cause that carried with it the condemnation of being a traitor to the crown and all of the punishments that would be associated with that. it's one of the best tools, i think, to turn patrick henry into a real individual who lived and breathed. we're standing next to one of the only remaining whipping posts to have been found in virginia after the civil war. so this is an incredibly powerful symbol for what slavery looked like. this is an artifact that was actually taken by union soldier

or tories no cafeteria. auditorium for all the principals and teachers were white. but that they looked upon us as their children but with that backdrop where patrick henry made his famous speech and learning about thomas jefferson and the unalienable rights i said this applied to me she said absolutely if you tell a kid that and in this case never really believed that was wrong and i could overcome that but hers was be the best that what you could be had by tried. >> what was going on in richmond at that time quite. >> the streetcar was somewhat from my house i would say what we just sit here she said was moved back with she would never explain about color. but then she did. and that will change but just do we have to do. >> was the first experience like? >> was never encouraged of the of leadership of the black community not the leadership but the people. i found interesting because there was never a member of the senate and that was the first person to be elected to this day seven of that period ando was able to form friendships. and i did not understand politics as a matter of fact i knew nothing but i was very lucky and. . . meadows french ships i had a friend who was a senator. so the manager would come ov

patrick henry gave his payment mouse "give my liberty or give my death" peach, sparking the beginning of the american revolution. here the virginia general assembly passed the statute of religious freedom written by thomas jefferson, addressing the principle of separation of church and state. during the civil war, richmond was the capital of the confederacy. led by jefferson davis. he to and his -- with the help of our comcast cable partners forking the next two hour's we'll learn more about the city from local out authorizes. >> richmond is a please place the called his home town. he called simples a virginian, where he had inspirations that inspired literature for years to come. >> we are in need today more of people in our communities to be leaders than elected officials. people are always politicians, politicians what they want to hear. people hear what they have to heara, we now begin our special feature. while in richmond, we took a driving tour of the stiff with mayor stony. >> well, mayor stoney, thank you for showing us around richmond today. if somebody has never been