The American Revolution Museum at Yorktown will present “Cheers! The Spirited History of Alcohol in Colonial Virginia,” a special program in the Talking History Series on Thursday evening, April 24.

The Ketoctin Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution on Tuesday celebrated 75 years of promoting historical ...

NEW KENT — Win and you’re in — probably. A sellout crowd of more 8,000 on Saturday will witness a first in Virginia horse racing. “We are absolutely thrilled by Virginians’ response to ...

Parliament passed the Stamp Act, the first internal tax on the American colonies, and thus began a decade of missteps by the ...

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

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

On March 12, 2025, Virginia Basora-Gonzalez was arrested in Philadelphia for illegally entering the United States. Gonzalez is a 36-year-old from the Dominican Republic. The U.S. Immigration and ...

The role of Billy Flora, a free Black man, in this pivotal victory — and the erosion later of rights — show a paradox of the nation’s founding. Flora stayed in the Portsmouth area, operating ...

The year 2026 marks the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. Cardinal News, which first published the following story, has embarked on a three-year project to tell the little ...

The Leader of the Government in the House of Commons is responsible for co-ordinating the Government’s day-to-day business in the House and managing the overall legislative agenda of the Government.

Delivered 250 years ago, the famous oration marked the height of Henry's influence. But the politician also served in key ...

America celebrates its 250th anniversary as a nation on July 4, 2026, the date the Declaration of Independence was signed. Leading up to that monumental moment, a number of key events occurred ...