The Heritage Commission wants an archaeological survey of land set to become affordable housing, where enslaved African ...

Armed with a 160-year-old Civil War battlefield map and our trusty metal detectors, we set off to explore forgotten sites of American history. What we uncovered blew us away - relics buried for over a ...

Democratic committees in Staunton, Augusta County and Waynesboro are organizing three protests on July 17, the anniversary of ...

William Harvey Carney, born in slavery, was the hero of the Battle of Battery Wagner, fought in South Carolina in 1863.

SACAARS celebrated the unveiling of more historical markers on its "Long Road to Freedom" project at Montgomery Hall Park ...

An annual Civil War re-enactment in Virginia was canceled Friday after participants shared worries over their safety following the recent violence in Charlottesville.

New research is shedding light on a 40-acre military camp for Black soldiers that fanned out from the southeast corner of ...

On Friday, a trio of organizations celebrated just installed historical markers that capture the history of Montgomery Hall ...

Revolutionary War patriot and former Alexandrian citizen James Campbell was honored June 22 with a grave marking by the Colonel William Grayson Chapter, Sons of the American Revolution.

Read the Sullivan Ballou letter and learn more about the background of it. Ironically, Sullivan Ballou's letter was never mailed.