The remarkable story of a Black Revolutionary War hero from Portsmouth

Billy Flora, a local hero you may not have learned about in history class, has quite the remarkable story.

And you may be saying, who was that?

Flora was a free Black man from Portsmouth. He fought in two key battles during the American Revolution — the Battle of Great Bridge and the Siege of Yorktown. His story is brought to life through a dramatization at the American Revolution Museum in Yorktown…

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