The story of a Black Revolutionary War hero who took on an entire British platoon lives on
The role of Billy Flora, a free Black man, in this pivotal victory — and the erosion later of rights — show a paradox of the ...
‘Liberty or death’ wasn’t Patrick Henry’s most important advice for Americans
Freedom was very important to Patrick Henry, who lived in a time with a lot of self-governance and liked it. Unfortunately, ...
Black Civil War soldiers to be honored with 7-foot bronze monument
Seventy Black Union military members who fought in the Civil War will be memorialized in a monument planned for Rocky Mount ...
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Virginia man ousted from militia charged with making deadly toxin
A court appearance Monday solved one part of the mystery surrounding a Virginia man whose alleged talk of explosives landed him in a federal investigation: Russell Vane IV is alive. Vane, 42, who ...
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Organizing the Militia
“The militia . . . is our ultimate safety,” said Patrick Henry during the Virginia ratifying convention. “We can have no security without it. . . . The great object is, that every man ...
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The story of a Black Revolutionary War hero who took on an entire British platoon lives on
As a young man, Flora joined the Patriot cause in 1775 and served as a private in the Virginia militia. History remembers him as the hero of the Battle of Great Bridge. A sentry facing an ...