Radio Broadcast

Cover illustration to Radio Broadcast, November 1925.

Radio Broadcast, a trade publication, regularly printed a list of active radio stations operating at a minimum of one kilowatt. By 1926, there were six radio stations operating in Virginia. WRVA was the most powerful.

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Image & text source: The Library of Virginia > Radio in Virginia - The Development of Radio

Pending the Ordinance / The Ordinance Passed

Image & text source: Union or Secession: Virginians Decide

What were Virginians thinking and discussing as the first Southern states withdrew from the United States following the election of Abraham Lincoln in November 1860? Why was Virginia’s decision critical to America’s fate in 1861 and key to the ultimate course and outcome of the sectional crisis?

Virginia was central to American identity for its role in the founding of the United States and its political principles. Both the Confederacy and the Union wanted to claim Virginia’s historical legacy. Union or Secession explores what Virginians thought and debated as the crisis unfolded.