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 […]

Thursday, November 6, 2025 Good Morning! On this day in 1774, citizens in Yorktown were preparing to emulate the people of Boston by holding a tea party of their own. Virginians had been boycotting British goods since Nov. 1 to protest the Intolerable Acts. They boarded a British ship loaded with imported tea and tossed […]

Wednesday, November 5, 2025 Good Morning! On this day in 1958, NASA’s Space Task Group came into formal existence. Based at Langley Research Center in Hampton, it designated its first endeavor as Project Mercury. You can find details about the winners of yesterday’s elections in our Top Stories section. For many, the races boiled down […]

Tuesday, November 4, 2025 Good Morning! On this day in 1969, A. Linwood Holton was elected as the first Republican governor of Virginia in the twentieth century. He was followed by the same man he succeeded: Mills Godwin, who won a second term in 1973 as a Republican after serving his first as a Democrat. Should […]

Monday, November 3, 2025 Good Morning! On this day in 1883, at least five people were killed in the Danville Riot, a racially motivated street fight. Multiple investigations were conducted, but nobody was indicted. The University of Virginia’s early decision deadline passed over the weekend, and some students will learn before Christmas whether they are invited […]

Friday, October 31, 2025 Good Morning! On this day in 1895, the Jefferson Hotel opened in Richmond. It was the dream of serial entrepreneur Lewis Ginter, who invested as much as $10 million (equivalent to about $385 million today) in the project. The hotel contained 308 guest rooms and soon became known as the Belle […]

Thursday, October 30, 2025 Good Morning! On this day in 1831, slave revolt leader Nat Turner was captured in Southampton County. Turner had launched the uprising in August, killing 55 people before his rebels were defeated at a local farm. Turner was quickly tried and executed on Nov. 11. Data centers have made waves among the […]

Wednesday, October 29, 2025 Good Morning! On this day in 1693, the Accomack Storm struck the Delmarva shoreline. The event was noted in England. “There happened a most violent storm in Virginia which stopped the course of ancient channels and made some where there never were any,” a member of the Royal Society of London […]

Tuesday, October 28, 2025 Good Morning! On this day in 1864, the Battle of Boydton Plank Road near Petersburg ended. Although considered a tactical victory for the Union troops, the Confederate troops held their position, and both sides settled into winter quarters. In Et Cetera today, we preview the upcoming Ken Burns film about the […]

Monday, October 27, 2025 Good Morning! On this day in 1775, the first fighting in the Revolutionary War outside of Massachusetts occurred when British naval forces entered Hampton Harbor and were met by Patriot forces. The British were forced to retreat, and the Virginia freedom fighters suffered no casualties. The University of Virginia football team […]