Bill targeting Confederate tax exemptions advances in Virginia General Assembly
This is the second time this bill has gone through the General Assembly, after Gov. Glenn Youngkin vetoed a version last year ...
Why are flags at half-staff in Virginia on Thursday?
RICHMOND, Va. — Governor Glenn Youngkin ordered that both American flags and Virginia state flags be flown at half-staff on ...
Nancy Leftenant-Colon, who was the first Black woman in Army Nurse Corps, has died
The first Black woman to join the U.S. Army Nurse Corps after the military was desegregated in the 1940s has died. She was ...
Valley museum highlights pieces of Presidential inauguration history
American Celebration on Parade is located at Shenandoah Caverns in Quicksburg, and houses pieces of Presidential inauguration ...
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At Notre Dame, the first ‘America’s Team,’ they wake the echoes on a run to another national title
Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. A Notre Dame flag waves in the wind in front of the The Word of ...
Sunday is Robert E. Lee’s birthday. Why does Florida have 3 Confederate holidays?
Every year, the state of Florida observes the birth of Confederate General Robert E. Lee as an official state holiday.
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1924 State Fair air show ended in disaster
An article in the Oct. 9, 1924, Richmond Times-Dispatch reads, “Death rode with Mabel Cody’s Flying Circus on the wings of the wind yesterday afternoon." ...
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Gov. Morrisey orders flags in West Virginia to full-staff for Trump inauguration
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WOWK) — West Virginia Governor Patrick Morrisey (R) has ordered that all flags be raised back to full staff during the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump on Monday. Flags ...
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West Virginia to raise flags for Trump’s Inauguration despite mandate to fly flags at half-staff in honor of Jimmy Carter
Governor Patrick Morrisey issued a proclamation ordering flags to be flown at full staff on Monday, January 20, 2025, to celebrate the inauguration of President Donald J. Trump. The order applies to ...
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Explore the Chilling History of Sailor’s Creek Battlefield in Virginia
It's one of the most underrated state parks in Virginia, and it also holds its fair share of haunted history. You don't need to travel far to uncover a piece of Virginia's history; ours is a state ...
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History of half staff flags
On Tuesday Governor Jim Pillen announced that flags at the state capitol and other state buildings will be raised to full staff on Monday for the inauguration of president elect Donald Trump but this ...