The West Virginia tavern now known as Foster's Main Street Tavern gained Civil War history when two future presidents dined there in the midst of the war.

West Virginia is chock full of history, not the least of which is this local watering hole built where two U.S. presidents headquartered during the Civil War.

CHARLESTON — West Virginia Archives and History will present “West Virginia and the Civil War” in the Archives and History Library at the Culture Center, State Capitol Complex, in Charleston ...

Montani Semper Liberi: Civil War reenactment at Henderson Hall celebrates West Virginia Day Community News Jun 24, 2024 Michelle Dillon Staff Reporter mdillon@newsandsentinel.com ...

“There have been Jewish people in Virginia and West Virginia from the 18th century … so, of course, they would be celebrating a seder during the Civil War.” Tolson credited Jewish Appalachians, like ...

Landscapers were blown away when they found a possible civil war cannonball while working in the yard of a Virginia home, as official warn residents to call authorities if making such a discovery t… ...

A West Virginia sheriff's deputy allegedly punched and pepper sprayed a suspect in handcuffed. He is being charged with a federal civil rights violation.

A small town lawyer from West Virginia was in for an extraordinary surprise when he discovered a 253-year-old pre-Revolutionary War fort hidden inside the walls of his Monroe County plantation home.

AUGUSTA COUNTY — Augusta County added a new story to the Civil War Trails program, one which has been largely forgotten for more than 160 years. Titled “Civil Disobedience, the Plight of Pacifists,” ...

Jewish soldiers held a makeshift Seder in the middle of the Civil War Now the Union soldiers are being honored near the West Virginia site of the 1862 Passover celebration ...

When the mayor of Philadelphia learned about it, he instituted a citywide Mother's Day. West Virginia recognized the first statewide Mother's Day in 1910.

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Two more former correctional officers in West Virginia have pleaded guilty to a federal civil rights violation in the death of a man who died less than a day after being ...