Military history buffs in London were probably perplexed to see the statue of George Washington, a gift presented by the ...

U.S. Sen. Harry F. Byrd bit the dust on Wednesday — workers carted away his bronze state Capitol Square statue — and so it ...

The Virginia House passed a bill Wednesday that would remove a statue of Harry F. Byrd Sr., a staunch segregationist, from the state Capitol grounds. The measure advanced on a 63-34 ...

One-third of the artworks in the Capitol depict enslavers or Confederates. Of the 31 people identified in the painting “General George Washington Resigning His Commission,” displayed in the ...

Mount Vernon is marking a major anniversary with a reenactment and the ribbon cutting of a new feature on Sunday in Virginia.

In 1861, following Virginia's secession from the Union, Richmond became the capital of the Confederacy. The city's capitol building subsequently became the home of both the state's General ...

CHARLESTON, WV (WOWK) – One of West Virginia’s most decorated and revered figures will be immortalized in the nation’s capital. On Tuesday, the West Virginia legislature passed a resolution ...

The statue was erected in 1890 and the fight to have it removed was re-ignited with the murder of George ... to Washington DC in 2015 when he visited the White House and the US Capitol.