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1/3/23

Week of January 3: The Great Cold Wave

12/27/22

Week of December 27: Richard Slaughter's Memories

12/20/22

Week of December 20: The Second Battle of Saltville

12/19/22

Week of January 10: The Inauguration of Virginia's 2nd Term Governor

12/13/22

Week of December 13: Williamsburg's Homespun Ball

12/6/22

Week of December 6: The Murder of Daniel Park

11/29/22

Week of November 29: James Lafayette Petitions for his Freedom

11/22/22

Week of November 22: The Demise of Richmond's Electric Streetcars

11/15/22

Week of November 15: Lewis and Clark reach the Pacific Ocean

11/8/22

Week of November 8: Lord Dunmore's Proclamation of Freedom

11/1/22

Week of November 1: Virginia opens public schools

10/25/22

Week of October 25: the resignation of John B. Eastham

10/18/22

Week of October 18: Irene Morgan defies segregation laws

10/11/22

Week of October 11: The opening of the largest hospital in the south

10/4/22

Week of October 4: The escape of George and Rebecca Latimer

9/27/22

Week of September 27: Eyre Crowe publishes images of slavery

9/21/22

Week of September 21: The lynching of Thomas Smith

9/13/22

Week of September 13: The Gloucester County Conspiracy

9/6/22

Week of September 6: The Monticello Wine Company disaster

8/16/22

Week of August 16: Virginia gets a new governor

8/9/22

Week of August 9: The Sabotage at City Point

8/3/22

Week of August 3: Booker T. Washington at the Jamestown Exposition

7/26/22

Week of July 26: The birth of a civil rights icon

7/25/22

BONUS: Cville Puzzle Hunt episode

7/19/22

Week of July 19: The death of a woman of firsts

7/12/22

Week of July 12: General Pope’s short sojourn in Culpeper County

7/5/22

Week of July 5: The Witch of Pungo condemned to a ducking

6/21/22

Week of June 21: The Tenth President Turned Traitor

6/14/22

Week of June 14: Caroline Preston Davis broke an educational barrier

6/7/22

Week of June 7: Williamsburg became the capital of Virginia

5/31/22

Week of May 31: Catherine Foster was persecuted by UVA students

5/24/22

Week of May 24: A Virginia Civil Rights Leader was arrested

5/17/22

Week of May 17: The Hillsville Massacrer gets his due

5/10/22

Week of May 10: The Siren of the Shenandoah was captured at sea

5/3/22

Week of May 3: Murder on the steps of justice

4/26/22

Week of April 26: The first Black female doctor passed her Virginia exams

4/19/22

Week of April 19: The death of the All-American Gibson Girl

4/12/22

Week of April 12: A premier scholar of African American history dies

4/5/22

Week of April 5: The Battles of Sailor’s Creek

3/29/22

Week of March 29: The Defenders' Last Stand

3/22/22

Week of March 22: The Jamestown Massacre

3/15/22

Week of March 15: The Marquis de Lafayette came to Virginia

3/8/22

Week of March 8: The battle of the ironclads

3/1/22

Week of March 1: The first Black-owned bank in the U.S. opens in Richmond

2/22/22

Week of Feb 22: The Dahlgren Affair

2/15/22

Week of Feb 15: Shadrach Minkins was arrested in Boston

2/8/22

Week of Feb 8: An appeal to Jefferson for Black schools

2/1/22

Week of Feb 1: The Jefferson Family Feud

1/26/22

Week of Jan 25: Virginia’s black army regiment gets mustered out of service

1/18/22

Week of Jan 18: The "Lost Cause" narrative gathered steam

1/11/22

Week of January 11: America gets more than it bargained for

1/4/22

Week of January 4: Virginia’s first woman in Congress starts her term

12/28/21

Week of Decembrer 28: Holiday Horror

12/21/21

Week of December 21: The Slipper Slayer gets a Governor’s pardon

12/14/21

Week of December 14: George Washington died

12/7/21

Week of Dec 7: UVA's Company G disbanded

11/30/21

Week of Nov 30: Ferdinando Fairfax's emancipation plan

11/23/21

Week of Nov 23: Blackbeard’s reign ends

11/17/21

Week of Nov 16: Court orders two men sold into slavery

11/9/21

Week of Nov 9: The death of a 19th century founder

11/2/21

Week of Nov 2: Danville Massacre killed the Readjuster Party

10/26/21

Week of October 26: Death and funeral of Daniel Webster Davis

10/19/21

Week of October 19: Stonewall Jackson was unveiled

10/12/21

Week of October 12: Joseph Abrams freed his own family

10/5/21

Week of October 5: Charlottesville banned all public gatherings

9/28/21

Week of September 28: Virginia's first black school opens

9/21/21

Week of September 21: Virginia goes dry

9/14/21

Week of September 14: The declension of Prof. George Blaettermann

9/7/21

Week of September 7: Jamestown burns during the first rebellion in the Colonies

8/31/21

Week of August 31: Scandalmonger James Callender exposed Thomas Jefferson’s secret

8/24/21

Week of August 24: James T.S. Taylor joined the Union army

8/17/21

Week of August 17: Hurricane Camille makes landfall

8/10/21

Week of August 10: The death of Charles Venable

8/3/21

Week of August 3: Eugenics proponent declares most power in the state

7/27/21

Week of July 27: Farmville Civil Rights protests began

7/20/21

Week of July 20: Elizabeth Key Grinstead won her freedom

7/13/21

Week of July 13: A brutal murder – and a mob makes no efforts at disguise

7/6/21

Week of July 6: Virginia’s first sit-down strike erupted in violence

6/29/21

Week of June 29: Death of a founding father

6/22/21

Week of June 22: The Chesapeake-Leopard affair

6/15/21

Week of June 15: Five black men petition President Andrew Johnson

6/8/21

Week of June 8: The murder of a Founding Father

6/1/21

Week of June 1: A marriage changed U.S. law

5/25/21

Week of May 25: A dancing legend was born

5/18/21

Week of May 18: Major General Benjamin Butler feels his way into building Freedom’s Fortress

5/11/21

Week of May 11: England establishes its first permanent settlement in North America

5/4/21

Week of May 4: A former Confederate general puts on a US Army uniform

4/27/21

Week of April 27: Disaster in the Virginia State Capitol

4/20/21

Week of April 20: Robert E. Lee resigns from the U.S. Army

4/13/21

Week of April 13: Jefferson Society gives a speech advocating for emancipation

4/6/21

Week of April 6: Washington family sells Mount Vernon

3/30/21

Week of March 31: Seventeen people

3/23/21

Week of March 24: US Supreme Court strikes down the Virginia poll tax

3/16/21

Week of March 17: Joseph Fossett finds out he will be freed

3/9/21

Week of March 10: George Washington searches for his runaway enslaved cook Hercules

3/3/21

Week of March 3: Slavery ended in Charlottesville

2/23/21

Week of Feb 23: Professor Gordon Blaine Hancock argues against the Racial Integrity Act

2/17/21

Week of Feb 16: Shadrach Minkins escapes from the clutches of the Fugitive Slave Act

2/9/21

Week of Feb 9: Restored Government of Virginia ratifies the 13th amendment

2/2/21

Week of Feb 2: Making lynching a state crime in Virginia

1/26/21

Week of Jan 26: Forced sterilization patient Carrie Buck dies

1/19/21

Week of Jan 19: Patsy Cline skyrockets to fame

1/12/21

Week of Jan 12: A Virginia author's book is banned

1/5/21

Week of Jan 5: The British are Coming!

12/29/20

Week of Dec 29: Claudius Crozet was born

12/22/20

Week of Dec 22: George Washington resigns from the army

12/15/20

Week of Dec 15: Maggie Walker passes away

12/9/20

Week of Dec 8: Virginia militias defeat the British

12/1/20

E1 Week of Dec 1: John Brown executed for treason

11/24/20

Week of November 24: Fluvanna women demand an end to slavery

11/17/20

Week of November 17: Shrady agrees to make Robert E. Lee statue

11/10/20

Week of November 10: UVA students expelled for rioting

11/3/20

Week of November 3: Virginia women vote

10/27/20

Week of October 28: The burning of UVA's Rotunda

10/20/20

Week of October 21: Albemarle County elects an African-American man for the first time

10/9/20

Week of October 13: A Female Civil War Spy in Richmond

9/29/20

Week of September 29: The Wreck of Old 97

9/22/20

Week of September 22: Virginia's first African-American member of congress

9/15/20

Week of September 15: Virginia's governor closes schools rather than integrate

9/8/20

Week of September 8: The murder (probably?) of Ambrose Madison

9/1/20

Week of Sept 1: Henry Box Brown publishes the story of his escape

8/25/20

Week of August 25: President James and Dolley Madison and their slaves escape the White House

8/18/20

Week of August 18: Charles Venable and the Lost Cause

8/11/20

Week of August 11: Lee statue and Unite the Right rally

8/5/20

Week of August 4: Farmville civil rights arrests