Cardinal News 250

The doctor who served as acting governor during a crucial period of the Revolution is buried in Roanoke.

The Continental Congress tried to assure the king that its argument was with Parliament, not him. But now the king has picked sides and vowed to crush “traitors” in the Colonies.

The contest was sponsored by America250, the commission that leds the national celebration of America’s 250th birthday in 2026.

This Founding Father preferred simplicity, “not like these other guys.”

The well-known Barracks Road Shopping Center takes its name from a Revolutionary War barracks that housed prisoners.

The Linkous family can trace its roots to a Revolutionary War POW who was hired out as an indentured servant to a Patriot leader in the New River Valley.

With the governor having fled, the Governor’s Palace is ransacked and the governor’s property sold at auction.

She talks about how Virginia is preparing for the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence.

Carly Fiorina, national honorary chair of the Virginia American Revolution 250 Commission, told a recent event that “If you believe in the promise of America, in individual liberty and equality before God, then Virginia is where you come from.”

Draft resistance in the Northern Neck led to one man being charged with murder, but an uprising blocked his trial.