Wednesday, January 28, 2026 Good Morning! On this day in 1922, the Commonwealth was blanketed with snow from the slow-moving Knickerbocker storm. The system dropped 19 inches on Richmond and even more on Washington, D.C., where it collapsed the roof of the Knickerbocker theater and killed 98 people. Readers told us they are not fans of online […]

Tuesday, January 27, 2026 Good Morning! On this day in 1801, John Marshall was confirmed as the fourth chief justice of the Supreme Court, just a week after he’d been nominated. The Virginian served until 1835, making him the longest-serving chief justice in Supreme Court history. Last week, most readers told us they oppose building […]

Monday, January 26, 2026 Good Morning! On this day in 1870, President Ulysses S. Grant signed an act to readmit Virginia to the Union after the state ratified the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments. At the time of writing, the power was still on at The Virginia Flyover headquarters near Richmond. That wasn’t the case for […]

Friday, January 23, 2026 Good Morning! On this day in 1865, the Confederate James River Squadron sailed downstream to confront Union forces at Trent’s Reach. The Confederate Navy was not able to break through the blockade and withdrew two days later. Politicians across the Commonwealth are looking to casinos to boost revenues. Many readers told us […]

Thursday, January 22, 2026 Good Morning! On this day in 1863, Union Gen. Ambrose Burnside ordered his army to return to its original camps after a failed attempt to launch a sneak attack on the Confederates near Fredericksburg. Rainy weather had turned the attempted advance into the failed “Mud March,” and Union troops needed four […]

Wednesday, January 21, 2026 Good Morning! On this day in 1824, Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson was born in Clarksburg, which is now in West Virginia. He was killed from wounds inflicted while fighting for the Confederacy at the Battle of Chancellorsville in 1863. With college football season over—congratulations to the Hoosiers—it’s time to talk college baseball. […]

Tuesday, January 20, 2026 Good Morning! On this day in 1732, Richard Henry Lee was born in Westmoreland County. He made the motion to declare independence from Britain, signed the Declaration of Independence, and served as one of Virginia’s first two U.S. senators. The year is off to a fast start in the Commonwealth with […]

Monday, January 19, 2026 Good Morning! On this day in 1959, the Virginia State Supreme Court and the United States Supreme Court each declared that Virginia’s Massive Resistance laws, which aimed to preserve segregated schools and public accommodations, were unconstitutional. The Commonwealth’s first female governor began her term by celebrating the peaceful transfer of power. “An inauguration […]

Friday, January 16, 2026 Good Morning! On this day in 1786, the General Assembly passed the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom, drafted by Thomas Jefferson. It disestablished the Church of England and laid out the principles of the separation of church and state, leading to religious freedom for the nation. Yesterday, we asked whether Commonwealth […]

Thursday, January 15, 2026 Good Morning! On this day in 1994, Gov. George Allen was sworn in. In his inaugural address, he paid homage to his predecessor, L. Douglas Wilder. “His inauguration four years ago affirmed that Virginia had entered a new era, free from stereotypes and free from prejudices, and those stereotypes and prejudices […]