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The founding father’s statue has stood in Capitol Square downtown since 1857 but hasn’t had a fresh coat of lacquer in 43 ...
Calling all history buffs! Step back in time at one of these significant sites in each state, from Revolutionary War ...
Since the killing of George ... a statue of Thomas Jefferson, the Founding Father from Virginia who enslaved more than 600 Black Americans. The 8-foot Jefferson statue inside the Virginia Capitol ...
Maybe he’s a relative of the building’s architect, George ... statue “Wisconsin” towers above but is out of sight. Below, a street musician strums a banjo but his music is inaudible. The lantern ...
A study has found that land owned by the city of Richmond, Virginia, possibly contains more than 700 unmarked graves. Some of those graves could belong to Confederate soldiers who died in the ...
There is perhaps no more extraordinary place of honor for a statue in West Virginia than in the plaza in front of its state ...
Harper has been appointed assistant chief of the Virginia Capitol Police ... for the safety and security of visitors to Capitol Square, state employees and dignitaries is truly an honor for ...