Virginia's defense ordinance of August 1775 created a Committee of Safety and 16 military districts, among them Orange, Culpeper and Fauquier, the future Culpeper Minutemen.

York County is home to five new Civil War Trails markers, giving residents and visitors more ways to discover the area's history through self-guided tours.

The Hatfield-McCoy Trail system is expanding with the Braveheart trail, already drawing in tourists to Logan County.

A fallen Ukrainian war hero who gave her life while saving animals and fellow soldiers is now being honored with a living memorial at PETA’s headquarters in Virginia, the agency announced.Dr. Olena ...

Sherri Loonsfoot-Aldred and Aiyana Aldred, the artists behind the murals that decorate the markers along the Shoreline Cultural Trail, address the crowd during the trail’s unveiling back in June ...

Frederick County tourism booms due to rich Civil War history News On East Patrick Street, the Museum of Civil War Medicine is one of many sites in the region that capture the war experience.

The New Market Heights Trail would travel through American Battlefield Trust property on which a portion of the Civil War's Battle of New Market Heights occurred.

The New Market Heights Trail would travel through American Battlefield Trust property on which a portion of the Civil War's Battle of New Market Heights occurred. (Tom Lappas/Henrico Citizen ...

Elmira's history of the Civil War is expanding as plans to add a new structure to the Elmira Civil War Prison Camp museum will soon be a reality, as groundbreaking is expected in July.

Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice weighed in earlier this week on President Trump’s ultimatum on Russia, suggesting it is a “turning point” in peace efforts in the more than three ...