Thursday, December 25, 2025 Good Morning and Merry Christmas! On this day in 1606, the Jamestown settlers celebrated Christmas on the Atlantic aboard their small ships. They wouldn’t reach Jamestown until May and would celebrate their first Christmas together that year. This is a shortened holiday edition of The Virginia Flyover. Today is the one […]

Wednesday, December 24, 2025 Good Morning and Merry Christmas! On this day in 1700, Gov. Francis Nicholson adjourned the House of Burgesses on Christmas Eve, telling members to reconvene at 8 a.m. on Dec. 26. This was unusual in those days, as policymakers were often expected to work through the holiday. Welcome to an abbreviated […]

Tuesday, December 23, 2025 Good Morning! On this day in 1762, the Virginia General Assembly gave charters to the towns of Romney and Shepherdstown. Both are now in West Virginia. As Christmas Day approaches, the Virginia Department of Transportation is making it easier to get around. VDOT will lift temporary lane closures on major roads […]

Monday, December 22, 2025 Good Morning! On this day in 2018, the federal government shut down after Congress couldn’t agree on a budget. The shutdown left many Virginians working without pay and eventually ended on January 25, 2019. It was the longest such event until this year’s shutdown, which stretched 43 days. Northern Virginia residents […]

Friday, December 19, 2025 Good Morning! On this day in 1777, Gen. George Washington led his men into winter quarters at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, to remain close enough to threaten Philadelphia, which was under British control, without actively engaging the enemy. Virginia recently earned a dubious honor. According to Google Trends data, we supposedly live […]

Thursday, December 18, 2025 Good Morning! On this day in 1773, a New Jersey resident living in Virginia noted the ways his neighbors were preparing for the upcoming holiday. “Nothing is now to be heard of in conversation, but the Balls, the Fox-hunts, the fine entertainments, and the good fellowship, which are to be exhibited at […]

Wednesday, December 17, 2025 Good Morning! On this day in 1929, representatives from the Virginia Academy of Science, the Garden Club of Virginia, and the Izaak Walton League met in Richmond to discuss the need for more state parks. The new year will bring big changes at more than 1,300 vape shops in Virginia. A […]

Tuesday, December 16, 2025 Good Morning! On this day in 1907, America’s “Great White Fleet” steamed out of Hampton Roads to begin its journey around the globe. The ships didn’t return until February of 1909. A South Korean company setting up shop in Virginia decided they liked it here enough to invest $689 million in […]

Monday, December 15, 2025 Good Morning! On this day in 1791, the General Assembly approved amendments 3 through 12 to the U.S. Constitution. Because Virginia was the 11th and deciding state to approve them, these 10 amendments were added to the Constitution as the Bill of Rights. The school board in Henrico County originally proposed […]

Friday, December 12, 2025 Good Morning! On this day in 1862, the Union army fully occupied the city of Fredericksburg ahead of what became a disaster for commanding Gen. Ambrose Burnside. Over the next three days, Union troops were repulsed as they attacked Confederate positions. The Union suffered twice as many casualties as the South […]