Summer Rain sports rabbit ears and other doggie finery Sunday at the popular holiday event on Monument Avenue. The 4-year-old beagle was people-watching with her owner, Jennifer Desanto.

James McGee and his sister, Jazlyn, check out Christopher the Clown, who towered over the crowd as he entertained them.

These new equipment lockers are among $1.75 million in improvements to Richmond Fire Station 10 at Hermitage Road and West Leigh Street. The view was enhanced with a fish eye lens. The photo was taken at Tuesday’s grand reopening of the station near the Richmond Ambulance Authority. Improvements also include redone living quarters that now can accommodate male and female personnel. Richmond Mayor Dwight C. Jones joined city Fire Chief Robert Creecy to officially put the revamped station back into service.

Richmond’s liberation from its role as a bastion of slavery was celebrated with a weekend filled with events marking the historic occasion 150 years ago that brought an end to the Civil War. Above, the Virginia Union University Choir performs at the State Capitol at a ceremony Saturday recalling the arrival of U.S. Colored Troops to take the city.

Gov. Terry McAuliffe speaks at the state Capitol ceremony

Mabel Gantt, left, Denise Benedetto and Malanna Henderson showcase Civil War-era dress

Janine Bell of the Elegba Folklore Society pours a libation honoring the thousands of ancestors who were bought and sold through Richmond’s slave markets.

Re-enactors portray U.S. Colored Troops that helped liberate the city on April 3, 1865

Visitors take in a simulation Thursday night of the fires set by fleeing Confederate soldiers that burned much of the city’s Downtown.

Stepping out in style Three-year-old Emmanuel Frias strolls Sunday with big sister Isabella, 8, during Easter on Parade. The youngsters and their parents were among thousands of people who turned out for the annual holiday event on Monument Avenue.

Lofty tulips in the West End