1. In 1781, during the American Revolutionary War, Virginia troops led by General Nathanael Greene fought against British General Cornwallis in the Battle of Guilford Courthouse in North Carolina. Although the British technically won the battle, they suffered significant losses and were unable to maintain control over the area.

2. On February 25, 1836, the Virginia General Assembly passed a law allowing slaveowners to manumit, or free, their slaves without having to seek approval from the state government. This was a significant step towards the eventual abolition of slavery in Virginia, which officially occurred in 1865 after the end of the Civil War.

3. In 1920, Radford University was founded as the State Normal and Industrial School for Women at Radford, Virginia. The school originally offered teacher training programs for women, but has since expanded to offer a variety of undergraduate and graduate degree programs to both men and women.

4. On February 25, 1948, future President Harry S. Truman delivered a speech at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville. In his speech, Truman expressed his support for international efforts to promote peace and security, and urged Americans to stay engaged in the political process.

5. In 1960, Virginia Governor J. Lindsay Almond, Jr. signed into law a series of bills aimed at preventing desegregation in Virginia schools. The laws, known as the "Massive Resistance" movement, included measures such as closing schools that attempted to integrate, and withholding state funds from any school that enrolled students of different races. The laws were eventually struck down by the Supreme Court in 1968.