When it comes to visiting Virginia’s historic sites, many famous locations spring to mind: Mount Vernon, Manassas Battlefield, Monticello, Colonial Williamsburg. But for your next road trip, consider ...

Since 1743, Blue Bell Inn has welcomed those looking for a hot meal and warm company at the white building formerly known as ...

A presidential historian factchecks the historically inaccurate digital president, who has been artificially enhanced with ...

David Price never aspired to become a historian, much less a chronicler of the Ten Crucial Days campaign between Dec. 25, 1776 and Jan. 3, 1777 that changed ...

As the nation celebrates its 250th birthday, the Museum of Connecticut History is showing off some of its rarest ...

During the American Revolution, a British officer reportedly had a clear opportunity to shoot George Washington but chose not to act. This moment, often overlooked, highlights the role of individual ...

The American Women’s History Museum can chronicle how women, from ordinary citizens to Martha Washington, preserved their communities’ past.

George Washington came to the church while he was in town to plan the Battle of Yorktown in 1781, in the midst of the Revolutionary War.

The British evacuated Boston in 120 vessels, taking with them some 1,100 loyalists. The retreat represented the end of a ...

Two secret battlefield letters written by George Washington during one of the toughest winters of the Revolutionary War have ...

George Washington's pivotal rejection of power on the Ides of March contrasts with Julius Caesar and provides a model for true greatness.