Virginia's flag, and the motto it bears, sic semper tyrannis, offer valuable lessons that are still relevant today.

The Virginia Plan at the Constitutional Convention had called for the ultimate decision on ratification to be made by popular conventions, not by the state legislatures. James Wilson, early in the ...

Under the Virginia Plan, population would determine ... as it is of the utmost importance," Hamilton argued at the New York state ratifying convention. "It forms a double security to the people.

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WOWK) — In March 1920, West Virginia ratified the 19th Amendment in a historic vote with the rest of the ...