The 250th Anniversary Of The Revolutionary War's Burning Of Norfolk, Virginia On January 01, 2026

Hello everyone.  This is Michael.  It is January 01, 2026.  The Revolutionary War Semiquincentennial continues.  The Burning Of Norfolk, Virginia took place, on this day, 250 years ago.

In this video, I am going to discuss the pertinent facts:

The url in case the video does not embed properly: https://youtu.be/U7LzAmPChbE

The Burning Of Norfolk occurred on January 01, 1776 in Norfolk, Virginia.

The British opened fire on the city.

 

Loyalist properties were targeted proving that  both sides engaged in the destruction.

The additional destruction of the city by the Patriots was to deprive the British of supplies.

In the end, the Patriots caused more damage than the British.

A side of St. Paul's Episcopal Church was hit with a cannonball.  

The cannonball remained embedded in the church until the 1830s.

The cannonball was supposedly rediscovered on the premises and re-embedded in the church's wall in the 1840s.

This video is similar to the Bicentennial Minute clips that some of you may have seen in the 1970s.  From The Bicentennial to The Semiquincentennial, I thank all of you for watching and continuing to observe the 250th anniversary of The American Revolution.

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