May 25, 2020
In this episode of How We Got Here – The birth of Richmond’s Monument Avenue. The day the Robert E. Lee monument is unveiled in a field west of the city to a crowd of thousands of Confederate veterans. How it’s meaning has evolved over the last 130 years.
The day the world stopped in Virginia Beach - how the...
May 18, 2020
In this episode of How We Got Here – A tainted treaty for peace in the Virginia Colony. Colonists seeking revenge poison Powhatan Native Americans with a deadly drink.
Plus, the hostess with the mostest – how Dolley Madison, the first “First Lady,” helped her husband navigate the precipitous political scene of a...
May 11, 2020
In this episode of How We Got Here – A Virginian caught in the
middle of U.S. and Soviet spy games after being taken prisoner by
the KGB.
Plus, how Confederate soldiers from Chesterfield protected Richmond
from a Union attack along the James River in what became known as
the Battle of Drewry’s Bluff.
And the...
May 4, 2020
In this episode of How We Got Here – Secretariat’s birth in a humble, foaling shed in Virginia. How the legend went on to become the greatest racehorse of all time.
Plus, severely injured by friendly fire near Chancellorsville during the Civil War, we uncover the secret illness that ultimately killed Confederate...