Friday, September 12, 2025 Good Morning! On this day in 1940, the Portuguese ship SS Quanza was allowed to remain docked at Norfolk with 80 Jewish refugees on board. At the request of Eleanor Roosevelt, U.S. officials arranged visas so they would not be deported. The refugees came ashore on Sept. 14. Virginia Tech football is […]

Thursday, September 11, 2025 On this day in 2001, the hijacked American Airlines Flight 77 flew into the Pentagon, killing everyone on board and 125 people on the ground. It was one of four flights that al-Qaida terrorists seized and crashed that day. The Virginia War Memorial in Richmond will host the Commonwealth’s annual Patriot Day ceremony […]

Wednesday, September 10, 2025 Good Morning! On this day in 1608, John Smith was elected council president of Jamestown. The year before, he had been captured by the Powhatan Indian confederacy but survived when the chief’s 13-year-old daughter, Pocahontas, came to his aid. Virginia produces a wide variety of foods, from peanuts to pumpkins to […]

Tuesday, September 9, 2025 Good Morning! On this day in 1861, Sally Louisa Tompkins was appointed a captain in the Confederate army, the first woman to be commissioned as an officer. The appointment allowed Tompkins and the Robertson Hospital she supervised to receive supplies from the CSA Quartermaster. None of the Commonwealth’s major college football […]

Monday, September 8, 2025 Good Morning! On this day in 1932, a girl named Virginia Patterson Hensley was born in Winchester. She went on to become one of the best-known country singers of all time: Patsy Cline. Last week, we asked whether you think Virginia’s laws that govern cannabis—it is legal to grow small amounts, but […]

Friday, September 5, 2025 Good Morning! On this day in 1781, a French fleet met incoming British naval forces at the mouth of the Chesapeake in the Battle of the Capes. Following an inconclusive battle, the British withdrew, leaving Lord Cornwallis and his army at Yorktown stranded. University students across the Commonwealth have developed unique traditions […]

Thursday, September 4, 2025 Good Morning! On this day in 1862, Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia began crossing the Potomac River into Maryland, the first time it had moved north of the Mason-Dixon line. The advance was blocked at Antietam on Sept. 17. Virginia has an unusual marijuana policy. It remains illegal to […]

Wednesday, September 3, 2025 Good Morning! On this day in 1783, the Revolutionary War officially ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris—nearly two years after fighting had ceased following the surrender of British troops at Yorktown. Early cool weather may have reduced the number of people swimming at Virginia Beach over the holiday […]

Tuesday, September 2, 2025 Good Morning! On this day in 1752, Virginia and all the American colonies adopted the Gregorian calendar to replace the outdated Julian version. September 2 was followed by September 14 to bring the new calendar into modern alignment.  The town of Dumfries recently took control of the historic Weems-Botts Museum. Constructed […]

Monday, September 1, 2025 Good Morning! On this day in 1862, Union forces scored a tactical victory at the Battle of Chantilly. Two Federal generals, Isaac Stevens and Philip Kearny, were killed during the fighting, but the skirmish prevented Confederate forces from flanking the Union Army.  Welcome to an abbreviated edition of The Virginia Flyover, shortened […]