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Glenn Youngkin, the governor of Virginia, and lawmakers agreed to remove the 15-story Pocahontas Building to make way for a new courtroom. The narrator notes that this area in Richmond, Virginia, is incredible and questions how many old world buildings have already been destroyed there. The building is described as being used as the General Assembly by the state of Virginia. A picture is shown with the old world building on the left and “civilization’s construction” to the left, with a castle in the background, illustrating how fast history is being erased. The narrator zooms out to show the old world building and then its disappearance, claiming that they are now presenting “Virginia history in the making,” while the tunnel connecting the new building to the historic state capital is described as under construction and open to the public, though the narrator asserts that other tunnels are being removed so this is the only visible connection. The belief is expressed that there is more activity underground, with multilevel tunnel systems described as more than mere hallways.
The old city hall, Richmond, Virginia, is discussed, with claims that nearly every USA city once had Gothic revival style palaces on many corners, and that this building used to be bigger, with other structures demolished. The Edmund Randolph House, a circa 1800 octagonal ended house, and the first Presbyterian church are said to have been moved or demolished; the narrator notes a design competition in 1883 and mocks the per-story timeline of demolitions, suggesting the purpose was to create a mall, which allegedly failed. In the 1970s, demolition threats resurfaced, but the building was restored in the early 1980s. The Richmond Historic Foundation is credited with saving the Pocahontas Building, and the status is described as not good, with a call to update it to “gone.” Inside the old city hall is shown, and the architect Elijah E. Myers is highlighted as a figure tied to the buildings, though the narrator questions whether Myers studied under Samuel Sloan and notes an unmarked grave until 2009, later memorialized as Myers Gilman. The episode is labeled number 88 of “My Lunch Break.”
The narrator then links many structures to Elijah E. Myers, including a Plymouth Congregational Church in Lansing, Michigan, and emphasizes a recurring theme: the destruction or alteration of old world buildings, and ongoing underground architecture. The burning of the Plymouth Congregational Church in 1971 is described, with details about fires starting in the basement beneath a supposed catacomb area, and claims of underground connections beneath the church across from the Capitol Building.
Further examples include the Seneca County Courthouse in Tiffin, Ohio, completed in 1886 by Myers and later demolished in 2007 due to neglect, replaced by a new courthouse with a 2017 cornerstone described as unusual. Knox County Courthouse in Galesburg, Illinois is shown as still standing in 2024, with a discussion of a cornerstones ceremony and the involvement of the Grand Lodge of Illinois Masons, and Myers being pinned to six structures, with five destroyed or altered (including removal of domes). The Brazil-Parliament building in Rio de Janeiro is cited as demolished. A recurring claim is that old world technology and hidden tunnels exist behind these narratives.
A bonus segment questions whether there are old world caves under the viewer’s feet, contrasts rocket technology to reach the moon with the destruction of old world technology, and references a massive four-alarm blaze on 07/20/2024 at historic First Baptist Dallas. A fire is reported at a historic chapel three days earlier, with no cause given, and a discussion about pastor Robert Jeffress: he took over in 2007, made remarks about groups in 2008, branded a group as evil in 2010, spoke of the president paving the way for the future reign of a group in 2012, and in 2024 the old world church burns down with no stated cause.