RICHMOND, Va. (WSET) — As Virginia lawmakers return to open the 2026 legislative session this week in Richmond, they walk in the footsteps of history.
Historian Mark Greenough describes the experience of stepping into the House of Delegates Chamber as the room where the “public pulse began to beat.”
That was 1780, when Virginia’s state capitol moved from Williamsburg to Richmond. The first session began in 1788…