Virginia eventually seized and sold off an estimated 53,000 acres, plus personal property, which in some cases included enslaved Africans.
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Italian vintner came to Virginia to produce wine; he made his legacy by sowing American freedom and ideals.
Philip Mazzei, who befriended Thomas Jefferson and became his neighbor, and who rubbed shoulders with Benjamin Franklin, James Madison, George Mason and other influential figures in the American Revolution, has been honored in the United States too for his patriotic service during and after the Revolutionary War.
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Podcast on Richmond museum exhibit about dissent during the American Revolution
The Richmond museum has an exhibit on the complicated stories of Virginians during the American Revolution, from Loyalists who remained faithful to the British Crown to enslaved people seeking their own freedom.
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Dispatch from 1776: Continental Navy sent to defend Virginia; it unexpectedly raids the Bahamas instead
The raid to seize British gunpowder and weapons partially avenges Lord Dunmore’s seizure of gunpowder from Williamsburg.
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An army of ghosts haunts Prince Edward County history
Local legend says that 70 French soldiers from the Revolutionary War are buried at Kingsville. But were they really? Historians dig into the story to separate fact from folklore.
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Podcast about the mystery of French soldiers supposedly buried in Prince Edward County
This episode digs into one of Virginia’s most persistent legends: the claim that 70 French soldiers are buried in Kingsville near Hampden-Sydney College after dying of smallpox during the American Revolution.
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Angus McDonald, the man who turned down George Washington
The Winchester merchant and land speculator was an experienced military leader from two wars. George Washington begged him to serve in the Revolution, but McDonald refused. Why?
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Dispatch from 1776: Insulted by his military rank, Patrick Henry quits the army
For some, this resignation — at a moment of crisis — shows exactly why Henry was not suited for the military. Too temperamental. It’s said that General George Washington, who knows Henry better than others, did not think him fit for a high command.
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Virginia now has two mobile museums devoted to the American Revolution. One is exclusively for Southwest Virginia.
The first mobile museum was so popular that the Virginia American Revolution 250 Commission has added a second.
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Could Virginia (which once included Detroit) have become a mega state?
During revolutionary times, Virginia claimed its borders stretched to Canada and the Mississippi River — an area bigger than Texas and California combined.
