Template:On this day/April 20

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Copy the 3-5 most noteworthy events from the corresponding date page. Please change to past tense and bold the key article. You may also include a relevant photo, sized between 100-140px wide and aligned right.

April 20:

  • 1861 – Civil War: The Scottsville Guard, a militia unit commanded by Captain Henry Gantt, received a telegram ordering them to arms. They were assigned to board a train from Charlottesville to seize weapons at Harpers Ferry.
  • 1902 – Monticello lost a longtime resident when Willis Sheldon, gatekeeper for nearly 50 years, died on Jefferson’s mountain. According to the Daily Progress, he was buried in the “colored burying grounds” near the mansion.
  • 1991 – The newly formed Dave Matthews Band, joined by violinist Boyd Tinsley of the Boyd Tinsley Band, played their first public performance at Charlottesville’s Earth Day Festival.
  • 2006 – The Free Speech Monument was dedicated on the Downtown Mall.
  • 2019 – The City of Charlottesville officially opened the McIntire Park pedestrian bridge and McIntire Skate Park.
  • 2020 – The Downtown Grille announced its closure after more than 20 years of business on Charlottesville’s Downtown Mall.
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