After the French and Indian War, King George III drew a line along the Appalachians and forbade settlement west of that. This became one of the sparks that lit the fuse for American independence.
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Dispatch from 1763: King’s proclamation has united often opposing factions in Virginia
Here’s what political commentary on the Proclamation of 1763 might have sounded like.
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‘The only way to convince people that this is everybody’s story is to tell the whole story’
Carly Fiorina, the former Hewlett-Packard CEO, is honorary chair of Virginia’s commission that is planning celebrations of the 250th anniversary of the nation’s birth.
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Get ready for the nation’s 250th birthday. Del. Austin leads the planning in Virginia.
2026 marks the nation’s semiquincentennial. Virginia already has a commission putting together events.