Thea Marshall
Thea Marshall
Thea Marshall is the author of “Neck Tales: Stories from Virginia's Northern Neck,” published in June, 2009. Along with her professional writing assignments, she is a broadcaster, actor, and producer, with life long experience in all forms of communication – from print to theater to radio and television. She writes and broadcasts original commentaries on and about the people, places, history, culture and current issues relating to the Northern Neck for WCVE Public Radio (heard on both WCVE in Richmond and WCNV for the Northern Neck).

Stories from Thea Marshall...

Intimate Lives of the Founding Fathers

Thea Marshall in Essays

Commentator Thea Marshall has given herself a Valentines present, "The Intimate Lives of the Founding Fathers," by Thomas Fleming, a noted historian and novelist. He writes about the lives, the wives, and yes perhaps the lovers of Washington, Franklin, Adams, Hamilton, Jefferson and Madison.

Remembering Christmas on the Northern Neck

Thea Marshall in Essays

As bills for last months gifts come rolling in, Commentator Thea Marshall looks back at Christmas past, and Christmas bills present...and longs for the good old days of "Barter"....and the time in our Colonial past, when holiday gift giving was a time of small gifts of sweets and such to one's children ...one's servants...but never to one's equals...

The All-American Tendency to “Take a Chance”

Thea Marshall in Essays

Commentator Thea Marshall looks at the all-American tendency to “take a chance,” to take a risk, to gamble.

Henry Fleete: Northern Neck Adventurer

Thea Marshall in Essays

Commentator Thea Marshall catches up with an early Northern Neck adventurer, the first of the Neck's fleet of Fleetes, Henry Fleete.

The Morgan Jones Kiln

Thea Marshall in Essays

One of the newest roadside markers in the Northern Neck tells a tale of 17th century potters whose kiln dating back to 1677 was discovered in Westmoreland county. What the marker doesn’t tell us is the rebellious nature of their work.

Oyster Wars

Thea Marshall in Essays

Commentator Thea Marshall remembers the first time she looked at an open oyster and was expected to eat that strange bi-valve. It had to be great, otherwise, why were wars fought over it?

‘Jewel’ of the Neck

Thea Marshall in Essays

Many Northern neckers believe that the 1,300 acres, which make up Westmoreland State Park, are the jewels of the Neck. From the height of its Horsehead Cliffs – some 115 feet above sea level – to the beaches below, folks search for million-year-old fossils.

Indentured Servants

Thea Marshall in Essays

Commentator Thea Marshall pays tribute to those very first dreamers of the great American dream - the indentured servants of the early colonies.