Thursday, November 20, 2025 Good Morning! On this day in 1861, the Army of the Potomac held a Grand Review at Bailey’s Crossroads. As many as 30,000 civilians, including President Lincoln and his Cabinet, were on hand to watch the 50,000 troops parade past. James Franklin was announced as the new head football coach in […]

Wednesday, November 19, 2025 Good Morning! On this day in 2007, President George W. Bush offered Thanksgiving greetings during a visit to Berkeley Plantation, the home of President William Henry Harrison and the site of the first Thanksgiving celebration in British North America. Virginia Tech will introduce its incoming football coach in a news conference […]

Tuesday, November 18, 2025 Good Morning! On this day in 1618, the Virginia Company of London delivered instructions to the colony’s incoming governor, Sir George Yeardley. The document, known as the Great Charter, established the rule of law and created a new government that included a legislative body and civilian input. Some readers haven’t been able to […]

Monday, November 17, 2025 Good Morning! On this day in 1777, Congress submitted the Articles of Confederation to the states to be ratified. The process was delayed because of a border dispute between Virginia and Maryland. Maryland became the final state to approve the Articles in March 1781.  The DMV unveiled Virginia Mobile ID last […]

Friday, November 14, 2025 Good Morning! On this day in 1862, President Lincoln approved Ambrose Burnside’s plan to attack Richmond from the north. The campaign ended in disaster for the Army of the Potomac, which never came close to the Confederate capital. Deer are everywhere in Virginia, and they’re hungry. Perhaps you’ve seen them in […]

Thursday, November 13, 2025 Good Morning! On this day in 2022, a former University of Virginia football player killed his former teammates Devin Chandler (’24), Lavel Davis Jr. (’24), and D’Sean Perry (’23) and wounded two other students. The shooter, Christopher Darnell Jones Jr., opened fire as a bus they were riding on arrived on […]

Wednesday, November 12, 2025 Good Morning! On this day in 1836, a riot broke out at the University of Virginia as members of the student drilling company seized the Rotunda and marched through the university’s grounds, damaging property as they went. Eventually, the faculty voted to allow rioters to remain at the university if they […]

Tuesday, November 11, 2025 Good Morning! On this day in 1921, a state funeral ceremony was held at Arlington National Cemetery for an Unknown Soldier who’d been killed in World War I. He was interred beneath the inscription: “Here rests in honored glory an American soldier known but to God.“ On this Veterans Day, we’d […]

Monday, November 10, 2025 Good Morning! On this day in 1862, Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan bid farewell to the Army of the Potomac near Warrenton. He had been relieved days earlier by President Lincoln and was replaced as the head of the army by Ambrose Burnside. Voters selected new state leaders last week, but […]

Friday, November 7, 2025 Good Morning! On this day in 1775, British Royal Governor Lord Dunmore, who had abandoned Williamsburg and was living on a warship offshore, issued a proclamation that declared Virginia was in a state of insurrection against the Crown. He imposed martial law and offered to free any male slaves who were […]