From Louisville to Versailles, the French influence still echoes in the names of Kentucky cities and counties today.

Enjoy outdoor movies and music festivals, sip piña coladas, toast Bastille Day, and celebrate the DC Defenders’ championship.

Ultimately, the Union was successful and won the Battle of Malvern Hill. Richmond National Battlefield Park offered walking tours Saturday to explain in detail the complicated battle.

Architects in Richmond are working with the community to create a memorial for 22,000 free and enslaved people buried at a forgotten African burial ground beneath an interstate and billboard.

Experience the courage of those at the Battle of Gettysburg with emotional reenactments, educational talks and vivid military ...

On March 26, 2004, Richmond witnessed the worst three-alarm fire it had seen since its surrender to the Union Army in April 1865.

The original homes, cabins, and churches of Madison County tell a story about the architecture and history of early Kentucky.

Petersburg National Battlefield is located in South-central Virginia. The park offers driving tours of the siege and bat ...

Fortunately, there’s an interactive map that can help with that. As Boing Boing explains, TimeMap.org combines the what, who, and where of history into one convenient world map.

Renowned actor Kurt Russell spent part of his Fourth of July visiting the Arlington, Virginia, house where his eighth great-grandfather was butchered to death by British soldiers in ...

Iran' s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Saturday made his first public appearance since the 12-day war between Israel and Iran began, attending a mourning ceremony on the eve of Ashoura.