Philip Mazzei, who befriended Thomas Jefferson and became his neighbor, and who rubbed shoulders with Benjamin Franklin, James Madison, George Mason and other influential figures in the American Revolution, has been honored in the United States too for his patriotic service during and after the Revolutionary War.
Eric Gorton
Eric Gorton works full time as a media relations coordinator for James Madison University and does some freelance journalism on the side.
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An idyllic neighborhood in Albemarle County once housed 4,000 British and German prisoners of war
The well-known Barracks Road Shopping Center takes its name from a Revolutionary War barracks that housed prisoners.
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Blacksburg became home for Albemarle Barracks prisoner
The Linkous family can trace its roots to a Revolutionary War POW who was hired out as an indentured servant to a Patriot leader in the New River Valley.
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Shenandoah Valley man helped negotiate first formal U.S. treaty with Native Americans
Thomas Lewis was the lesser-known brother of Andrew Lewis. Both brothers negotiated a short-lived treaty with the Lenape tribe.
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Daniel Morgan’s temper brought him 499 lashes from the British. He repaid them with American victories.
South Carolina once tried to move his body, claiming Winchester didn’t respect his resting place. Now it does.
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An alleged plot to kill George Washington in 1779 gets new scrutiny
The Rockingham County Circuit Court Clerk’s office has discovered documents relating to a man charged with threatening to kill Washington.
