4+ week, 2+ day ago   (89+ words) Breaking news and analysis on politics, business, world, national news, entertainment and more. In-depth DC, Virginia, Maryland news coverage including traffic, weather, crime, education, restaurant reviews and more. British Gen. Cornwallis’s sword, thought to have been surrendered to George Washington…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago   (360+ words) More from Smithsonian magazine Explore powerful sites along Virginia’s Civil Rights Trail where student activism, peaceful protest, and landmark legal battles helped reshape the nation’s fight for equality Two-to-four hours is a good amount of time to thoroughly experience both…...

4+ mon, 3+ week ago   (184+ words) RICHMOND, Va. — The Virginia Holocaust Museum observed Yom HaShoah, the annual day of remembrance, to honor the memory of millions of Jewish Holocaust victims during a special program. Survivors and their family members from Central Virginia gathered to light memorial…...

5+ mon, 2+ week ago   (481+ words) RICHMOND, Va. — The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (VMFA) is bringing American history to Virginia communities through December 2026. The exhibition “Virginia as America: Navigating ‘Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness’” travels on wheels aboard the Artmobile, stopping in Williamsburg…...

5+ mon, 3+ week ago   (469+ words) LEXINGTON, Va. (WSET) — What first started as an arsenal to store militia firearms in the early 1800s is now one of the most well-known military institutions in the country. The ideals of character and honor still, to this day, shape the…...

6+ mon, 1+ week ago   (648+ words) New murals, picture paths and even new apps are coming to Northern Kentucky, made possible by grants commemorating the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. Grants were awarded primarily by the Kentucky Historical Society (KHS) which gave money to museums…...

7+ mon, 5+ hour ago   (1294+ words) SPLC Will Continue to Advocate for Voters’ Rights, Despite Court Decision to Uphold Prince George’s County, Maryland Council Map – Learn More Vincent Carter, 72, has lived his entire life in Gum Springs, Virginia. The town is within walking distance of George…...

7+ mon, 3+ week ago   (182+ words) RICHMOND, Va. — Virginia has been awarded $75,000 in grant funds through the National Park Service's Underrepresented Communities Grant Program for the second consecutive year, according to a news release. The Virginia Department of Historic Resources (DHR) will use the funds to…...

8+ mon, 5+ day ago   (227+ words) To mark America’s 250th anniversary of independence, Virginia and the United Kingdom have presented a twin titanium time capsule and a capstone from the George Washington statue in London to the U.S. Department of Interior. These will be installed this spring…...

8+ mon, 6+ day ago   (704+ words) MARIETTA — A presentation about the retreat from Lynchburg and Gen. David Hunter will be held at 7 p.m. Jan. 15 at the Knights of Columbus at a meeting of the Civil War Round Table of the Mid-Ohio Valley. Jon-Erik Gilot, author, historian…...