Historical assumptions have long existed about how enslaved people in the Shenandoah Valley actually had lived. But do they tell the real story? After Emancipation, the Readjuster Party was a brief, but major force in Virginia politics during the 1800s and an early champion of civil rights.

• The Interview: Shenandoah University history professor and author Jonathan Noyalas talks about his book, Slavery in the Shenandoah Valley During the Civil War Era. It examines Black History in the Valley, from enslavement to Emancipation.
• The Narrative: What was the Virginia Readjuster Party all about? How these late 19th century progressives helped shape today's political parties in Virginia.
• The History Moment: Dispatches from the archives of old Valley newspapers.

Description: Meet “Dunmore’s Nemesis” and the “Last Men Standing” as we dive deep into the history of soldiers who secured Virginia’s soil during the American Revolution.

• The Interview: Historian and author Gabe Neville discusses his work The Last Men Standing, providing a definitive look at the 8th Virginia Regiment in the American Revolution.
• The Narrative: A profile of Andrew Lewis, the frontier hero who led American patriots to oust the last vestiges of British rule from Virginia.

The History Moment: Dispatches from the archives of old Valley newspapers.

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Description: From the tough frontiersmen of the Revolution to the “Underground Railroad” of the Civil War, we examine the courage that defines the Shenandoah Valley.

• The Interview: Author Karl Rhodes discusses his book Peggy’s War, the true story of his great-great-grandmother Margaret “Peggy” Rhodes and her secret farm “depot” during the Civil War.
• The Narrative: During this America 250 year, we profile Daniel Morgan—a national hero who never forgot his Valley roots.

The History Moment: Dispatches from the archives of old Valley newspapers.

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