Tuesday, March 4, 2025 Good morning! On this day in 1801, Thomas Jefferson took the oath of office as the nation’s third president. In his inaugural address, Jefferson said, “Every difference of opinion is not a difference of principle. We are all federalists. We are all republicans.”  If you want to see the stars, The […]

Monday, March 3, 2025 Good morning! On this day in 1865, Union Gen. Phillip Sheridan led troops into Charlottesville. He liberated more than 14,000 enslaved people, more than half the population of Albemarle County. Charlottesville City Council designated Liberation and Freedom Day as an official holiday in 2019. If you think winters in the Commonwealth […]

Friday, February 28, 2025 Good morning! On this day in 1864, the Union military launched the Kilpatrick-Dahlgren Raid, an attempt to infiltrate Richmond. The advance was stopped, and Col. Ulric Dahlgren was killed. He was found to be carrying detailed plans to burn the city and assassinate Confederate President Jefferson Davis.  If you are looking […]

Thursday, February 27, 2025 Good morning! On this day in 1714, Lt. Gov. Alexander Spotswood signed a treaty with the Nottoway tribe affirming its members’ land rights. Those rights had been steadily eroded as settlers moved into tribal territory in violation of an earlier treaty.  Medical news dominates the Top Stories in today’s edition of […]

Wednesday, February 26, 2025 Good morning! On this day in 1863, noted Confederate raider Col. John Mosby attacked a Union outpost roughly 2 miles from Germantown. There were about 50 Union soldiers in a house when Mosby led a 4 a.m. cavalry charge. The bulk of the defenders fled after suffering four deaths and five […]

Tuesday, February 25, 2025 Good morning! On this day in 1933, the USS Ranger was launched at the Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company. It was the first and only ship of its class to be designed and built from the keel up as an aircraft carrier. It went on to earn two battle stars […]

Monday, February 24, 2025 Good morning! On this day in 1803, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its ruling in Marbury v. Madison. The decision, written by Chief Justice John Marshall of Virginia, established the principle of judicial review, allowing the Court to determine whether laws passed by Congress were constitutional.  State lawmakers worked into the […]

Friday, February 21, 2025 Good morning! On this day in 1920, voting rights advocate Mary Elizabeth Pidgeon published the article “From the Virginia Battle Front.” She reported that the Commonwealth’s suffragists would continue their efforts even though the House of Delegates had refused to ratify the Nineteenth Amendment. The amendment was added to the Constitution […]

Thursday, February 20, 2025 Good morning! On this day in 1960, more than 200 Virginia Union University students and faculty members went to Woolworth’s in downtown Richmond, sat at seats labeled “whites only” at the segregated lunch counter, and asked for service. The management closed the restaurant instead. Their peaceful protest was a precursor to […]

Wednesday, February 19, 2025 Good morning! On this day in 1882, Gov. William E. Cameron was celebrating a short-lived victory in what came to be known as the “Oyster Wars.” Cameron and his followers had set out the night before to nab non-Virginians dredging in the Chesapeake Bay. They seized seven oyster boats, but only […]