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Americans who are fighting the left’s attempts to restrict our liberties, destroy our culture, and manipulate our society using the imperious power of the government sometimes may forget that we’ve been struggling to preserve our liberty and freedoms from overbearing governments since the beginning of our nation.

Americans who are fighting the left’s attempts to restrict our liberties, destroy our culture, and manipulate our society using the imperious power of the government sometimes may forget that we’ve been struggling to preserve our liberty and freedoms from overbearing governments since the beginning of our nation. But my wife and I got a stirring and inspiring reminder this past Sunday at St. John’s Church, the oldest church in Virginia’s capital, Richmond.

April 27, 1978: An accident at the Willow Island Power Station on the Ohio River killed 51 men. The scaffolding that had been erected for use in the constructio

Henry’s words inspired American colonists rebelling against a monarchy that had sunk its claws into almost every aspect of their lives.

Man faces charges for stealing narcotics at Pasco pharmacy, police say Edmund Pendleton forced the employee to open the safe where dozens of narcotic medications were stored, police said.     Edmund Pendleton, 50, faces charges, according to the New Port Richey Police Department. [ Pasco County Sheriffs Office ] Published Earlier today Police have identified and arrested a suspect in a robbery at a local pharmacy, according to the New Port Richey Police Department. Edmund Pendleton, 50, ...

Artsline Artsline - Celebrate Memorial Day with History, Heroes, and Story! Portrait of Union spy, Elizabeth Van Lew. Richmond Storyhouse offers a historical walking tour of her Churchill neighborhood. (Photo: The Valentine) Artsline: Virtual Edition || May 17, 2021 “A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself.”  ~Joseph Campbell As we celebrate Memorial Day, what a great time to reflect on the heroes in our communities and the ways we honor them. Thi...

SUMMARY George Wythe was a member of the House of Burgesses (1754–1755, 1758, 1761–1766) and the Conventions of 1776, 1787, 1788, a member of the Second Continental Congress during the American Revolution (1775–1783), Speaker of the House of Delegates (1777–1778), and judge of the High Court of Chancery (1778–1806). His signature is first among Virginians on the Declaration of Independence. Born in Elizabeth City County, Wythe was educated by his mother and read the law under the guid...

Virginia came as close as any American colony in duplicating the system of representation of the mother country. England’s forty counties each elected two “knights of the shire” as representatives to the House of Commons; in Virginia, two burgesses represented each county in the House of Burgesses. In England, towns or boroughs could petition the Crown to be allowed to send a single representative to Parliament; in Virginia communities could do the same, but because there were so few tow...

The Week in W.Va. History West Virginia Encyclopedia CHARLESTON – The following events happened on these dates in West Virginia history. To read more, go to e-WV: The West Virginia Encyclopedia at www.wvencyclopedia.org. April 25, 1863: About 1,500 Confederate soldiers under Gen. William ‘‘Grumble’’ Jones advanced through Greenland Gap, a deep pass through New Creek Mountain in Grant County. The Confederates encountered 87 Union soldiers who held off several assaults before finally su...

1 of 8 One hundred seventy-four men died on April 28, 1914 during an explosion at the Eccles No. 5 Mine in Raleigh County. Nine additional miners died of injuries and afterdamp while working in the No. 6 Mine during the explosion. Watt Powell Park opened in Charleston on April 28, 1948. The personal library of Francis Harrison Pierpont, governor of the Restored Government of Virginia, was among the sites destroyed by Confederate forces in Fairmont on April 29, 1863. WVU ...