The All-American Tendency to “Take a Chance”

Commentator Thea Marshall looks at the all-American tendency to “take a chance,” to take a risk, to gamble.

Remembering Christmas on the Northern Neck

As bills for last months gifts come rolling in, Commentator Thea Marshall looks back at Christmas past, and Christmas bills present...and longs for the good old days of "Barter"....and the time in our Colonial past, when holiday gift giving was a time of small gifts of sweets and such to one's children ...one's servants...but never to one's equals...

Intimate Lives of the Founding Fathers

Commentator Thea Marshall has given herself a Valentines present, "The Intimate Lives of the Founding Fathers," by Thomas Fleming, a noted historian and novelist. He writes about the lives, the wives, and yes perhaps the lovers of Washington, Franklin, Adams, Hamilton, Jefferson and Madison.

Henry Fleete: Northern Neck Adventurer

Commentator Thea Marshall catches up with an early Northern Neck adventurer, the first of the Neck's fleet of Fleetes, Henry Fleete.

Olympians

At least 20 Richmonders have competed as Olympians, and more than likely, the true number is double or triple what is found in the local archives.

Plum Street Boys

Affectionately known as the Plum Street Boys, or simply the Boys, Robert Watkins and deVeaux Riddick are creative geniuses who have been together – on stage and off – for over fifty years.

A Horse Named Planet

Secretariat’s larger-than-life mystique tends to eclipse the triumphs of many great race horses from the Richmond area. However, one stands out as maybe the best of the forgotten.

Houdini at the Bijou Theatre

The world's most famous magician, Harry Houdini, performed in Richmond back in 1900. At that time, he was still an emerging artist on the vaudeville circuit, a step above his dime museum days but still a year or so away from becoming an international sensation.

Richmond “Pro” Football

Pro football in Richmond dates back to the 1930’s, when the Richmond Rebels were part of the fabled Dixie Pro Football League, sometimes called the third of the three majors.

Early Roots of College Football In Richmond

Richmond formed its first club football team in 1878, less than a decade after the first inter-collegiate game in America.