Blame the Patriots more than the cunning Dunmore. Norfolk native Andrew Lawler’s latest book is a lively gathering of ...

The role of Billy Flora, a free Black man, in this pivotal victory — and the erosion later of rights — show a paradox of the ...

WILLIAMSBURG — With the nation’s 250th anniversary barely a year away, nearly 600 scholarly, cultural and civic leaders ...

But he had difficult relations with Virginia’s House of Burgesses, and his hold on power waned as the colonists’ desire for separation from Great Britain grew, famously exemplified by Patrick ...

(Courtesy of the Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation) A 1723 law denied free Black men the right to vote for representatives in Virginia’s Colonial legislature, the House of Burgesses. Flora ...

Virginia & The Forging of a Nation at the Virginia Museum of History & Culture explores Virginia’s pivotal role in America’s ...

Another story in this issue grounds larger events in Richmond. A lawyer and a member of the Virginia House of Burgesses, Patrick Henry was one of the American Colonies’ leading advocates for ...

Thomas Jefferson is one of America’s most iconic Founding Fathers. Best known for his inspirational words in the Declaration of Independence, Jefferson was a brilliant man with diverse interests who ...

(Photo by Steven Allen Adams) CHARLESTON – After weeks of anticipation, the West Virginia House of Delegates narrowly defeated Gov. Patrick Morrisey’s bill that would have allowed for parents ...

With Virginia’s elections for governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general and all 100 seats in the House of Delegates up ...

The Virginia Department of Historic Resources just announced that nine historic sites have officially been designated as ...