Cardinal News has launched a three-year project to spotlight Virginia’s overlooked contributions to America’s march to independence ahead of the nation’s 250th anniversary, or semiquincentennial. “Cardinal News 250: Virginia’s Stories. A Nation’s Birth” began in November 2023 and runs through 2026. The series features monthly articles that delve into the people, places and events that helped shape the nation, sharing stories often absent from classroom history books.
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The Linkous family can trace its roots to a Revolutionary War POW who was hired out as an indentured servant to a Patriot leader in the New River Valley.
Carly Fiorina, national honorary chair of the Virginia American Revolution 250 Commission, told a recent event that “If you believe in the promise of America, in individual liberty and equality before God, then Virginia is where you come from.”
Meanwhile, the Continental Congress has put George Washington in charge of a Patriot army just days before yet another battle with British regulars in Massachusetts.
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The project is made possible in part by funding from the Virginia American Revolution 250 Commission.
Learn more about this multi-year series of events
Established by the General Assembly in 2020, the Virginia American Revolution 250 Commission (VA250) serves to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution. Learn more about their other projects.