Wednesday, April 8, 2026 Good Morning! On this day in 1865, Union cavalry under Gen. George Custer captured three supply trains and 25 Confederate guns at Appomattox Station, leaving Robert E. Lee’s retreating army with virtually no source of food, transport, or supplies as it attempted to flee westward. Bristol, which straddles the Virginia-Tennessee border, […]

Tuesday, April 7, 2026 Good Morning! On this day in 1831, the General Assembly passed a law that banned “all meetings of free negroes or mulattoes, at any school-house, church, meeting-house or other place for teaching them reading or writing.” Exactly 33 years later, on April 7, 1864, the Restored Government’s Constitutional Convention adopted the […]

Monday, April 6, 2026 Good Morning! Happy Easter Monday! On this day in 1865, Union forces chasing Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia away from Richmond went on the offensive in the Battles of Sailor’s Creek. By the end of the day, the Confederates had suffered more than 8,000 casualties and had seen nine […]

Friday, April 3, 2026 Good Morning! On this day in 1865, Union troops occupied Richmond as Robert E. Lee and his Army of Northern Virginia fled west. Lee would surrender at Appomattox on April 9. On this Easter weekend, spring is in bloom across the Commonwealth. “The world of nature is waking up the grass […]

Thursday, April 2, 2026 Good Morning! On this day in 1863, the Richmond Bread Riot roiled the capital of the Confederacy. After a group of hungry women was turned away by Gov. John Letcher, they marched through the streets in protest. More than 60 people were eventually arrested. A recent report from the group Clean […]

Wednesday, April 1, 2026 Good Morning! On this day in 1754, Lt. Gov. Robert Dinwiddie presented Norfolk with a silver ceremonial mace, a symbol of the city’s authority. Over the centuries, the mace has been hidden, lost, and found again. The state DMV warned this week about a text scam targeting Virginians. One reader told […]

Tuesday, March 31, 2026 Good Morning! On this day in 1837, David Campbell was sworn in as Virginia’s 27th governor. After his term, Campbell became justice of the peace of Washington County. Scam artists are targeting Virginians. The latest scheme involves sending phony letters claiming to come from the DMV to collect outstanding charges. The letters state […]

Monday, March 30, 2026 Good Morning! On this day in 1875, the town of Falls Church was incorporated in Fairfax County. It became a city in 1948. When the Virginia Museum of History and Culture opened its exhibit, We The People: The World in Our Commonwealth, last week, we asked when and how your relatives came to Virginia. […]

Friday, March 27, 2026 Good Morning! On this day in 1865, President Lincoln met with Generals Grant and Sherman at City Point to discuss the final stages of the Civil War. Grant’s force was about to break through Confederate lines at Petersburg, and Sherman’s army was marching through the Carolinas. A Reason Foundation report credited the Commonwealth […]

Thursday, March 26, 2026 Good Morning! On this day in 1855, George Washington Parke Custis, step-grandson of George Washington, signed a will that would free all of his slaves within five years of his death. His son-in-law, Robert E. Lee, was an executor. When the Virginia Museum of History and Culture opened its exhibit, We […]