Cardinal News 250

Dave Nachmanoff, who grew up in Arlington, teamed with the “Year of the Cat” singer to memorialize the Americans who sided with the king.

The director and board member of the Black Loyalist Heritage Centre in Canada talk about their efforts to reconnect with relatives in Virginia.

British enforcement of customs laws leads to arrests, a political confrontation, and then a ship being set ablaze.

Cardinal News has embarked on a three-year project to tell the little-known stories of Virginia’s role in the march to independence.

This month marks the 250th anniversary of when the House of Burgesses, in defiance of the royal governor, declared a “Day of Fasting, Humiliation and Prayer.”

Colonial Virginians used hemp to make rope, sails and caulking. They also used it to pay taxes.

The noted Revolutionary War historian talks about how women, Native Americans and enslaved people were critical in the drive for independence.

Some white Virginians feared that the growth of the enslaved population would lead to a slave rebellion. Others wanted to halt the slave trade to increase the value of their enslaved workers.

Untangling the history of Virginia’s first newspaper and the homonymous publications that followed, each with a claim to fame in the annals of journalism.