Skeptics wonder if the true intention is to undermine efforts to move away from Confederate associations, an issue that has long split people who favor preserving an aspect of southern heritage ...

In a display of unity, former Democratic Gov. L. Douglas Wilder joined several Democratic leaders in Richmond on Thursday to ...

In the early morning hours of June 20, 1864, hundreds of Union soldiers arriving through light fog on the James River crept ...

In a high-stakes voting rights battle with roots in the Reconstruction era, civil rights groups on Friday filed two new ...

After a disastrous debate and questions being raised about his age, Joe Biden announced that he would not be seeking ...

Wherever his travels have taken him professionally and personally, John Jones has always had an interest in local history.

Wikimedia Commons/The Illustrated London News Joseph Trammell’s Freedom Papers Joseph Trammell was born enslaved in Virginia ...

Petersburg National Battlefield is located in South-central Virginia. The park offers driving tours of the siege and bat ...

Manassas National Battlefield Park preserves over 5,000 acres of Virginia countryside and is the site of some of the blo ...

Burns and “The American Revolution” co-director David Schmidt walk in Colonial Williamsburg. Burns says he does not take his ...

The Commonwealth of Virginia has some cheap places to live. Here are a few if you hate paying property taxes.