The Chesterfield Historical Society of Virginia is partnering with the Chesterfield Department of Parks and Recreation to host “The Revolutionary War Battle of Petersburg.” ...

There are, off the more well-trod in the National Park System, lesser-known parks that nevertheless offer some unexpected ...

Today’s episode will focus on one of the biggest – and most important – turning points in world history; the Battle of ...

In 1863, abolitionist Harriet Tubman guided a raid that liberated nearly 760 enslaved people working on rice plantations ...

The war in Sudan, now in its third year, has left tens of thousands of people—and by some estimates many more—dead and forced ...

River cruises are popular around the world, but for two Virginia men they are also a chance to honor a forgotten part of the ...

Carnegie Mellon University professor Edda Fields-Black provided an introduction to her lecture about Harriet Tubman's role in the 1863 Combahee River raid, a secret military mission against ...

On a recent morning in Leesburg, Virginia, King Street reverberated with modern energy from contemporary shops and cafes on ...

Drive 75 miles (121 kilometers) from busy Washington, D.C. and you’ll enter 200,000 acres (>80,000 hectares) of protected ...

Kline’s Dairy Bar in Harrisonburg isn’t just an ice cream shop—it’s a destination that has Virginians mapping out road trips ...

The surrounding cemetery, one of the oldest in Virginia, contains graves dating back to 1702 and serves as the final resting ...