The Walter W. Craigie Speaker Series Presents

AN EVENING WITH

former Virginia Governor L. Douglas Wilder

Thursday February 24, 2022

7:00 PM | doors at 6:30 PM

St. John’s Church Foundation is pleased to announce its first 2022 Walter W. Craigie Speaker Series speaker, the Honorable L. Douglas Wilder, former Governor of Virginia.

Governor Wilder was born in Richmond and raised in Church Hill. He graduated from Virginia Union University and served in the United States Army during the Korean War. He established a legal practice in Church Hill after graduating from the Howard University School of Law. Wilder was elected to the Virginia Senate in 1969 and remained in that chamber until 1986, when he took office as Lieutenant Governor of Virginia, becoming the first African American to hold statewide office in Virginia. In the 1989 Virginia gubernatorial election, he became the first African American elected as Governor in United States history. In 2004 he was elected as Mayor of Richmond.  

“We are delighted to host the 66th Governor of Virginia, the Honorable L. Douglas Wilder, at Historic St. John’s Church,” said St. John’s Church Foundation Executive Director Stephen Wilson. “He is a leader among leaders and an icon in Virginia politics.”

A limited number of 100 in-person tickets are available for this event. Tickets are $25. Virtual tickets are $15.

Doors will open at 6:30 p.m. and Governor Wilder’s talk will begin at 7:00 p.m.

There will be a Q&A after the Governor’s talk.

MASKS ARE REQUIRED INSIDE ST. JOHN’S CHURCH

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