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Dispatch from 1765: Augusta County mob murders Cherokees, defies royal authorities

by Dwayne Yancey January 16, 2024January 16, 2024

The slaughter, and the subsequent uprising against the colonial officials who tried to punish the killers, reflects how unpopular the king’s prohibition against western settlement is in Virginia.

The Peter Muhlenberg statue in Woodstock, Photo by Randy Walker.

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‘A time to pray and a time to fight’

by Randy Walker December 12, 2023December 13, 2023

One of the most stirring speeches of the revolution was given in Woodstock, and might have been delivered in German. That is, if it happened at all.

The Historic Foodways staff work in the Governor’s Palace Kitchen. Pictured (from left) are: Master Frank Clark, Apprentice Dominek Marsh, Apprentice Abbey Shoaf and Journeywoman Barbara Scherer. Photo by Brendan Sostak. Courtesy of Colonial Williamsburg.

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Colonial Virginia was divided in many ways. Food was the great uniter.

by Ben Swenson December 12, 2023December 12, 2023

Colonists relied on a lot of Native American methods for preparing food.

Patrick Henry arguing the "Parson's Cause" by George Cooke, circa 1834. Public domain. Original in the collection of the Virginia Historical Society.

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Dispatch from 1763: Despite cries of ‘treason!’ Hanover County jury delivers rebuke to the church — and the crown

by Dwayne Yancey December 12, 2023December 11, 2023

A young attorney named Patrick Henry has burst onto the scene in a dramatic way by suggesting that King George III might be a tyrant.

The town of Blacksburg marks the Proclamation Line of 1763 and the Eastern Continental Divide with this sign at the corner of Sunset Boulevard and South Main Street and blue line painted across South Main. Town of Blacksburg photo.

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Proclamation Line of 1763 became a focus of anti-British resentment in Virginia

by Randy Walker November 14, 2023November 14, 2023

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.

Where the British and Spanish gained territory after the Seven Years' War, the North American part of which was called the French and Indian War. Courtesy of AlexiusHoratius.

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Dispatch from 1763: King’s proclamation has united often opposing factions in Virginia

by Dwayne Yancey November 14, 2023November 14, 2023

Here’s what political commentary on the Proclamation of 1763 might have sounded like.

Carly Fiorina. Courtesy of the Virginia American Revolution 250 Commission.

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‘The only way to convince people that this is everybody’s story is to tell the whole story’

by Dwayne Yancey October 13, 2023November 1, 2023

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.