Friday, April 18, 2025 Good Morning! On this day in 1780, Richmond replaced Williamsburg as the state capital. The location was considered “safe and central,” and it was less vulnerable to British attack than Williamsburg had become.  Wishing you a peaceful Good Friday from all of us at The Flyover team. Along with religious services, […]

Thursday, April 17, 2025 Good Morning! On this day in 1861, delegates at the Secession Convention voted 88–55 to approve a measure that would withdraw the Commonwealth from the United States. Secession was approved by a statewide referendum on May 23.  A Dale City man won’t face a gun charge, but he is expected to […]

Wednesday, April 16, 2025 On this day in 2007, a gunman opened fire on the Virginia Tech campus, murdering 32 students and faculty members and wounding 17 others before killing himself. The university has events planned throughout the day to remember the victims.  The Virginia Department of Education has been turning its assignments in late. The Virginia […]

Tuesday, April 15, 2025 Good Morning! On this day in 1964, the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel opened to connect Virginia Beach and Cape Charles. The project was dubbed one of the “Seven Engineering Wonders of the Modern World.”  Residents in Purcellville are pushing back after the town council took steps to eliminate its police department. The […]

Monday, April 14, 2025 Good Morning! On this day in 1865, Virginian John Wilkes Booth assassinated President Abraham Lincoln at Ford’s Theater in Washington, D.C. After shooting Lincoln, Booth jumped to the stage and escaped—but broke his leg in the process. Virginia is for football lovers, and several teams gave fans a preview of next […]

Friday, April 11, 2025 Good Morning! On this day in 1964, Gen. Douglas MacArthur was laid to rest in Norfolk’s old City Hall. An estimated 150,000 people turned out for the funeral procession ahead of his interment.   The federal government said that it does not want to press charges against the alleged gang leader it […]

Thursday, April 10, 2025 Good Morning! On this day in 1967, oral arguments began in the Supreme Court case Loving v. Virginia. Mildred and Richard Loving were an interracial couple who challenged the state law that banned such marriages. The Court ruled unanimously that Virginia’s law was unconstitutional. An illegal gun deal led to violence in […]

Wednesday, April 9, 2025 Good Morning! On this day in 1865, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee surrendered the Army of Northern Virginia to Gen. Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Court House. While the Confederacy still had smaller fighting forces operating in other states, Lee’s capitulation marked the close of the main theater of the Civil […]

Tuesday, April 8, 2025 Good Morning! On this day in 2019, UVA beat Texas Tech 85-77 in overtime to win the school’s first NCAA basketball tournament championship. The win capped a remarkable turnaround for the Cavs, who had been toppled in the tournament’s first round as a No. 1 seed just a year earlier. Virginia […]

Monday, April 7, 2025 Good Morning! On this day in 1831, the General Assembly passed an act restricting the rights of black residents in the Commonwealth, whether or not they had been freed from slavery. The measure was widely seen as a reaction to the Nat Turner rebellion of the previous year. FEMA aid will flow […]