Cardinal News 250

Today the place where the Overmountain Men gathered is memorialized with a National Park Service site.

Had he not died at age 36 just before Yorktown, he might be better known today.

Campbell led his men farther than any other unit to inflict a defeat on the British.

This action by the British Parliament thwarts both Virginia’s land-speculating gentry and land-seeking small farmers.

Long reviled, Dunmore is now getting a second look by historians for his role in freeing some Virginia slaves.

Here’s what some communities have been doing to celebrate Virginia’s role in the American Revolution.

In 1774, at least 30 Virginia counties passed resolutions to protest the British response to the Boston Tea Party. Essex County has made a tradition of holding an annual public reading.

In 1774, more than 30 Virginia counties passed resolutions to protest Britain’s reaction to the Boston Tea Party. Essex County still reenacts theirs every year.

This spring and summer has seen a head-spinning series of events that have reshaped the political landscape, not just in Virginia, but throughout other Colonies, as well.

Virginia’s royal governor, Lord Dunmore, offered freedom to any enslaved laborers who enlisted with the British. After the war, those Black Loyalists were evacuated to Canada, where their legacy is still honored today.