History LOVE in Virginia Historical LOVE Signs You Can Visit Driving through Virginia, you can quickly see that we love LOVE. Virginia is for lovers – beach lovers, mountain lovers, hiking lovers, wine lovers, oyster lovers, and yes, history lovers. Virginia is the home to many historical sites and museums that are accompanied by the...

A Revolution of Beer A Staple of Virginia History Image Credit: Colonial Williamsburg   More than just a beverage, beer was a staple of daily life, a symbol of resistance, and a major player in the American Revolution, both directly and in the background. As we approach the 250th anniversary of the United States, let’s...

A Spark in Dumfries The Prince William County Resolves and the Road to Revolution In the spring of 1774, tensions between the colonies and Great Britain crackled like lightning across the Atlantic. News of the Coercive Acts, meant to punish Massachusetts for the Boston Tea Party, reached the colonies like a thunderclap. In Virginia, the...

A Revolutionary Voice Hannah Lee Corbin and the Fight for Representation By Mike Frontiero VA250 In the clamor for independence, one voice stood out – not for its booming volume, but for its audacity. Hannah Lee Corbin, from Virginia’s prominent Lee family in Westmoreland County, defied the limitations placed on women of her time. Born...

James Armistead Lafayette Patriot & Double Agent One of the most prominent black Virginians to serve the newly independent United States during the American Revolution was a man history would know as “James Armistead Lafayette.” He would never personally use “Armistead” his surname and “Lafayette” wouldn’t come until much later in his life. James was...

A Brewing Revolution The Tea Party Protests that Ignited America’s Fight for Independence   On May 10, 1773, the Parliament of Great Britain passed the Tea Act, which granted a monopoly to the British East India Company on tea sales in the American colonies. This act, along with other policies and taxes imposed on the...

Submitted by: Kate Houck, COO of The Underground Kitchen The holidays are a time for gathering, for visiting with friends and family, and, of course, for sitting down to spectacular holiday meals. If you are like me you are already, in that scratchpad in your head, sketching out what your holiday dinner might look like:...