George Washington purchased land bounties near Cincinnati that were given to soldiers for their service in the American Revolution.

The former Glade Spring School hosted a dedication ceremony for a state marker celebrating its history on Saturday. Glade Spring was a segregated elementary school that ...

Jane Austen and Julia Margaret Cameron are distinguished women in their fields of artistic expression, and I admire them ...

History of southwest Virginia, 1746-1786 : Washington County, 1777-1870 by Summers, Lewis Preston, 1868-1943 Publication date 1903 Topics Virginia--History, Washington County (Va.)--History, ...

Jennifer Cromack was combing through the American Baptist archive when she uncovered a slim box among some 18th and 19th ...

Clear skies and a universal spirit of patriotism drew a huge turnout to downtown Mount Airy for the city’s annual Fourth of ...

It’s long past time Americans face the truth about the Founding Fathers. A critique that places events being celebrated on ...

Poplar Forest's main event was a reenactor playing America's third president and a Virginia native, Thomas Jefferson.

News of the Declaration of Independence reached Great Britain in August 1776 and ignited a media frenzy, according to the Jack Miller Center, a Philadelphia-based nonprofit dedicated to teaching about ...

Both Colonial Williamsburg & the college’s archaeological teams discovered new finds related to the original Bray School.

Donald Trump has made tax cuts a central part of his political legacy. There were his first-term cuts. And now the Republican ...