Help Bring Virginia’s Revolutionary Story to Life Cardinal News is creating something special for the next generation of Virginians, and we’re looking for talented graphic artists to help make it happen. The Cardinal News 250 graphic novel will introduce 4th graders across Virginia to the rich, often overlooked history of the Revolutionary War. From well-known […]
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Who declared for independence first — North Carolina, or this Virginia county?
Cumberland County claims the honor by one day over Charlotte County, and says its resolution was more definitive than an earlier one from North Carolina.
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How a Petersburg churchyard became the final resting place of a British general
Mary Bolling presided over her estate even as the British occupied it, and a British general died in her home.
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Dispatch from 1776: Are we already independent? Some counties want Virginia to formally declare a split.
Cumberland and Charlotte counties have issued calls for a formal break from Great Britain.
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Podcast: 250 years of Montgomery County
Dutchie Jessee sits down with Montgomery Museum Executive Director Sherry Wyatt to explore how a vast frontier county formed in 1776 became the New River Valley community we know today.
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Cardinal is launching 250-themed trivia nights, searching for graphic novelists
Here’s an update on how our Cardinal 250 project is expanding.
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Freedom was paved with confiscation
Virginia eventually seized and sold off an estimated 53,000 acres, plus personal property, which in some cases included enslaved Africans.
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Italian vintner came to Virginia to produce wine; he made his legacy by sowing American freedom and ideals.
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.
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Podcast on Richmond museum exhibit about dissent during the American Revolution
The Richmond museum has an exhibit on the complicated stories of Virginians during the American Revolution, from Loyalists who remained faithful to the British Crown to enslaved people seeking their own freedom.
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Dispatch from 1776: Continental Navy sent to defend Virginia; it unexpectedly raids the Bahamas instead
The raid to seize British gunpowder and weapons partially avenges Lord Dunmore’s seizure of gunpowder from Williamsburg.