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they talk about this all the time but nothing ever happens, I'll bet someone an autographed copy of @MichaelLeePope's #ByrdMachine it doesn't any time soon https://t.co/Pqn5aazgjq
I’ll be returning to the @WincBkGallery this Sunday from noon to 2 pm for the final day of the Apple Blossom Festival. Stop by and pick up a signed copy of the #ByrdMachine
As someone who spent many hours at the @LibraryofVA researching the #ByrdMachine, it was a special treat to be asked to speak at the library about my new book https://t.co/gGKJRWwNre
The gift shop currently has copies of Wicked Northern Virginia and Hidden History of Alexandria, DC. Apparently they’re all sold out of the #ByrdMachine
Tonight at 8 pm on C-SPAN 2: my speech about the #ByrdMachine to the Virginia Historical Society at the @VirginiaMuseum https://t.co/GXqmTnmi57
Tune in to @cspanhistory on @cspan tomorrow to hear my speech about the #ByrdMachine. It’ll air at 1:30 pm and 8 pm https://t.co/GXqmTnmi57
Byrd Watching in Orange: Check out the @oc_bulletin society page, which details where the author dined and stayed in Orange as well as the local bookstore where signed copies of #ByrdMachine are available https://t.co/Yq5KkFZDjT
I’ll be speaking about the #ByrdMachine tomorrow at the James Madison Museum of Orange County Heritage. The event is at 2 pm on Sunday, April 16 at 129 Caroline Street, Orange, VA 22960
How did the #ByrdMachine maintain a steely grip on #vapolitics for more than half a century? Check out my lecture to Virginia Historical Society at the Virginia Museum of History and Culture @VirginiaMuseum https://t.co/0sGCtz2Tkx
From 1902-66 Virginians had to pay to #vote. Despite decades of protest across the state, the
#Byrdmachine wanted to stifle the Black vote. People bought classified ads to help each other
remember to pay, like this one from the Suffolk News-Herald, May 1955. #VaChron #VaHistory
Young Turk in #AlexandriaVA: Delegate Armistead Boothe led a group of #WWII vets in the Virginia House of Delegates that took on the #ByrdMachine in the 1950s #vapolitics @AlexGazette https://t.co/E3QBssBRAT
#ByrdMachine flashback, 1950: Lawmakers approve an income-tax cut plan sponsored by state Sen. Harry Byrd Jr. A group of youthful war vets known as the "Young Turks" unsuccessfully fight for a $1 million appropriation for public education
Before the #ByrdMachine, voters selected every member of the Cabinet. Then Governor Harry Byrd introduced the idea of the "short ballot." Voters would select only three statewide offices, and power would be consolidated at the Executive Mansion.
Years before #AlexandriaVA would grapple with collective bargaining and the legacy of discrimination in schools, Virginia was ruled by a political faction dead-set on fighting unionization and integration #ByrdMachine @AlexandriaNow https://t.co/4uFqoiwWwA
In 1969, Democratic state senator Henry Howell helped Republican Linwood Holton become governor and end the reign of the #ByrdMachine. Now Republican @Denver4VA is hoping to help Democrat @RepSpanberger win reelection in #VA07 @WVTFRADIOIQ https://t.co/W7R71gc3cT
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