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To celebrate Tartan Day, a taste of Scotland in Williamsburg
Daily Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe sound of a snare drum rang through the air Saturday afternoon as a parade celebrating Scottish...
Williamsburg City Council candidates outline their goals for the city
Daily Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agois coming up and with early voters already getting out to the polls, it’s time to meet the candidates for Williamsburg City Council. Residents will cast votes to fill two spots on the five-person ...
Barbara Jordan was one of the first Black and LGBTQ women in Congress, but her relationship was kept...
INSIDER via Yahoo News· 1 year agoBarbara Jordan.File/AP Barbara Jordan was one of the first Black and LGBTQ women in Congress,...
Letters to the editor: State senator attended Convention of States
The Herald-Mail via Yahoo News· 9 months agoMd. senator writes on the importance of the Convention of States To the editor: This past month I...
Q&A With Rep. Mondaire Jones: NY-10 Democratic Candidate Wants To Build Progressive Coalitions
HuffPost via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAfter court-ordered redistricting created chaos among New York Democrats, Rep. Mondaire Jones...
Meet the man who channels Thomas Jefferson during Colonial Williamsburg’s Declaration of...
Virginian Pilot via Yahoo News· 11 months agoWILLIAMSBURG — When Kurt Smith steps out onto a small second-floor balcony on July Fourth and looks out over a sea of people on Duke of Gloucester Street, he’ll be ready to give a speech he’ ...
As the pandemic ebbs, Minnesota lawmakers and their staff resume taking free trips
SC Cloud | St. Cloud Times via Yahoo News· 1 year agoWASHINGTON — Among the things that returned after the nation emerged from the worst of the COVID-19...
SAR and DAR celebrate nation's independence with 'Let Freedom Ring' bell ceremony
The Times-Tribune, Corbin, Ky. via Yahoo News· 2 years agoJul. 5—WILLIAMSBURG — A small crowd gathered together Monday, the Fourth of July, for the Let Freedom Ring bell ringing ceremony at the University of the Cumberlands. The event was sponsored ...
How Eastern State Hospital in Williamsburg area influenced 250 years of mental health policy
Virginian Pilot via Yahoo News· 8 months agoA small porcelain cup, painstakingly reassembled, sits in a glass case 5 feet off the floor of the Public Hospital Museum in Williamsburg. It’s historian Kelly Brennan’s favorite artifact from ...
Who is Jennifer McClellan? Legislator makes history as 1st Black woman elected to Congress in...
Yahoo News via AOL· 1 year agoThen-state Sen. Jennifer McClellan at a canvassing event in Richmond, Va., in December. (Tom...