As tensions grew between American colonists and the British crown, the strategic importance of the largest, wealthiest colony ...

More than half a century has passed since the airport closed, and now a dense forest hides the airport that was.

The historic Bushong Home on the grounds of the Virginia Museum of the Civil War is celebrating its bicentennial this year.

Although men were the primary landowners, women often oversaw the property rights of the land during the Civil War in ...

According to the 1860 census, in Hanover County there were 9,740 enslaved Black people and 257 free Black people. Almost ...

An ambush on a Syrian security patrol by gunmen loyal to ousted leader Bashar Assad escalated into clashes that a war monitor estimates have killed more than 1,000 people over four days.

Virginia Military Institute Superintendent Cedric T. Wins faces backlash for pushing for change at the institution. His ...

The remains of hundreds of Black tenant farmers from a former Virginia tobacco plantation will be moved to a dedicated burial ground. The descendants of those buried have spoken out about the decision ...

South Sudanese soldiers have surrounded Vice President Riek Machar’s home in the capital and several of his allies were ...

Cumberland County unveiled a new state historical marker honoring John Robinson, who helped shape Virginia’s democracy in the ...