Dr. Rebecca Crumpler was the first Black woman to become a physician in the United States. Working in the aftermath of the ...

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

History teachers are feeling the pinch of politics, and the latest rhetoric from the White House isn’t helping. “We feel so ...

The Library of Virginia will present a free talk by historian Jody Lynn Allen on her new book about a Black community in Virginia fighting for civil rights in the 19th century on May 29.

Chicago is ranked as one of the best Memorial Day destinations in the US, due to its long-running Memorial Day parade and 13 war memorials, as well as its 130 veteran-owned businesses.

This is the story of Edwin Booth, the famous brother of the infamous assassin John Wilkes Booth. Growing Up In An Acting ...

I have been preparing and selling ‘Dr. Taylor’s Celebrated Horse Powders’ for nearly five years,” he wrote in 1878, “and am ...

Amid fears of Trump authoritarianism, the symbolic power of Virginia's motto - Sic Semper Tyrannis - is derived from its ...

For the next couple of weeks, we’ll be exploring the rich history of the Anthony family. I’m especially fortunate this week ...

The Danville Museum of Fine Arts and History, housed in the Sutherlin Mansion (which briefly served as Jefferson Davis’s home during Danville’s stint as the Confederate capital), offers rotating ...

Amanda Roberts, sister-in-law of Virginia Giuffre, has paid emotional tribute following Giuffre’s death at the age of 41. Speaking publicly after the news broke, Roberts described Giuffre as ...

The brother of Virginia Giuffre has shared a final photograph of his sister after she died by suicide in Western Australia. Ms Giuffre, who was trafficked by Jeffrey Epstein as a teen ...