At first glance, Bedford, Virginia, seems like an unorthodox choice for a World War II memorial. Yet, the disproportionate sacrifices of this Southwest Virginia hamlet make it a poignant site for the National D-Day Memorial. It was here, amidst the splendor of the Blue Ridge Mountains, that 34 Virginia National Guard soldiers comprising Company A, […]
While Governor Glenn Youngkin has not vetoed a bipartisan bill to remove two license plates recognizing the Confederacy, he is requiring the Democrat-led effort to submit to another vote next year. Youngkin amended the bill by directing the Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles to study the special Sons of Confederate Veterans and Gen. Robert E. […]
The 402-page woke Virginia education curriculum are set to be replaced by a historically factual 53-page guideline that actually teaches Virginia history, writes Bowden. They couldn’t come at a better time.
Reports of Cases: Determined in the General Court of Virginia will be donated to Monticello’s Jefferson Library.
Virginia Magazine should consider an alternative view, free from prejudice but not from judgment, and let the facts demonstrate themselves free from narration.
When all know the tale of the first Thanksgiving at Plymouth Rock, but how many of us (including lifelong Virginians) know the story behind the first recorded Christmas in Virginia? Fortunately, we can peek 400 years into the past and see how the blessings of the holiday season bring people from all walks of life […]
ICYMI: A vigilant Virginia cop arrested State Delegate Chris Hurst (D) for partaking in election trickery hours before Virginia’s 2021 elections. Hurst himself faced a competitive race in Southwest Virginia. Fortunately, he lost the following day to Jason Ballard. Per The Western Journal: On Monday night around 10 p.m., he was pulled over by a police officer […]
Today, we have a palate cleanser specifically for you history lovers: historians opened a Civil War-era time capsule recovered from the pedestal of the former Robert E. Lee monument in Richmond yesterday. Watch as the contents of which — forgotten for more than 130 years — were shared: NBC12 News reports: The team started their […]
“Dort, wo man Bücher verbrennt, verbrennt man am Ende auch Menschen.” “Thus, where men burn books, in the end they will also burn men.” — Heinrich Heine, Almansor: A Tragedy (1823) Since we are all clutching pearls at the idea of burning books quite suddenly, let’s take a moment to remind ourselves when progressive Democrats are entirely […]
Xi Van Fleet knows how brutal revolution can be. As a young girl, she survived Mao Zedong’s Cultural Revolution. Under the traumatic circumstances, two million of her countrymen died. Desperate to escape oppression, Van Fleet eventually immigrated to the United States. She settled in Northern Virginia and became a mother. Although worried about the FBI’s […]
