Thomas Jefferson claimed he came up with a plan for the emancipation of enslaved Black Americans 100 years before the Civil ...

An unlikely collaboration in the U.S. Senate speaks to the enduring intersection in Virginia of whiskey and politics.

Out of the seven ‘Founding Fathers,’ only John Adams and Samuel Adams didn’t own slaves. Both men were Northerners. Thomas ...

Direct descendants of Jefferson, as well as a number of historians, are interviewed for the six-part docuseries.

Tracy Burgess, the executive director of the Dorothy Day House, starting volunteering at Dorothy Day in 2012. It was a way to ...

A six-part History Channel documentary offers a clear-eyed view of Jefferson’s flaws, contradictions and triumphs.

Ever thought about how your neighbourhood got its name? Here's some potential explanations as to how some of the places ...

With approximately 300 bills outstanding for the House to consider, Del. Eric Phillips, R-Henry, says he is hopeful this year ...

History remembers Flora as the hero of the Battle of Great Bridge. A sentry facing an onslaught of volleys, he fired multiple ...

Can other Colonies avoid the conflict that's coming? Our relations with Britain may be spiraling out of control.

Cocke had served in both the Virginia Assembly and the North Carolina House of Burgesses and was associated with Daniel Boone in the settlement of Boonesboro. During the American Revolution ...