Cardinal News 250

Hundreds of people across the Southwest Virginia valleys and mountains openly opposed the Revolution and pledged their loyalty to British King George III.

Representatives from planning committees across the country met recently in Williamsburg to compare notes.

She talks about why the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence deserves a big commemoration.

In a drunken brawl in modern-day Powhatan County, John Chiswell drove a sword into Robert Routledge. Alcohol fueled their dispute, but so did indebtedness.

Enslaved men and white criminals worked side by side at the lead mines in Wythe County to produce ammunition.

Eastern tribes sided with American patriots while Western tribes backed the British.

Some 400 men marched in military fashion through the town to the home of a prominent merchant who had vowed to uphold the act. The men threatened to strip him shirtless, tie him to a cart and put him on public display.

South Carolina once tried to move his body, claiming Winchester didn’t respect his resting place. Now it does.

Men got the political attention but women, both free and enslaved, did the hard work of boycotting British goods and producing their own.