1 March 1898
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company

On this day the General Assembly approved the consolidation of the Richmond and Petersburg Railroad Company and the Petersburg Railroad Company. [Full article]

2 March 1928
Virginia War Memorial Carillon

On this day the Senate passed a bill authorizing the construction of a memorial to honor those Virginians who served in World War I. [Full article]

3 March 1866
Immigration

On this day the General Assembly agreed "to promote and encourage" immigration into the state. [Full article]

4 March 1876
Virginia Union University

By this day the General Assembly had passed an act incorporating the school today known as Virginia Union University. The primary goal of the school was to educate and train recently emancipated African Americans to enter the Baptist ministry. [Full article]

5 March 1906
College of William and Mary

On this day the General Assembly passed an act transferring all the property belonging to the College of William and Mary to the state. [Full article]

8 March 1946
Churchill and Eisenhower Address the General Assembly

On this day Winston Churchill and General Dwight D. Eisenhower addressed a joint session of the General Assembly. The General Assembly had invited Churchill to speak, and an estimated 30,000 people stood in the rain to greet the former British prime minister and General Eisenhower when they arrived in Richmond. [Full article]

9 March 1926
Virginia State Parks

On this day House Bill 487, a piece of legislation that called for the creation of a State Commission of Conservation and Development, was reported and referred to committee in the Senate. This legislation also provided for the acquisition of lands to create a system of public parks for the people of Virginia. [Full article]

10 March 1628
Annual Assembly

On this day the first Virginia General Assembly authorized by the king convened in Jamestown. [Full article]

11 March 1850
The Colony of Liberia

On this day the General Assembly passed an act "making appropriations for the removal of free persons of color." [Full article]

12 March 1773
Committee of Intercolonial Correspondence

On this day the House of Burgesses resolved to establish a Committee of Intercolonial Correspondence. Despite its humdrum name, this committee represented a radical proposal. [Full article]

13 March 2001
Andrew Lewis Memorial Highway

On this day the General Assembly designated that portion of Interstate Route 81 within the boundaries of Rockbridge, Botetourt, and Roanoke counties, and the city of Salem as the "Andrew Lewis Memorial Highway." [Full article]