The 1895 Jackson Ward armory is a state and national Black history landmark.
References to Richmond’s Leigh Street Armory — a landmark of Black history in the city — were removed from the Virginia National Guard’s website as part of the Pentagon’s purge of content highlighting diversity, equity and inclusion.
The two-story brick building, constructed in 1895 in historic Jackson Ward, is believed to be the oldest United States armory for a Black militia, the First Battalion Virginia Volunteers.
