ARRINGTON, Va. (AP) - “Blessed are the flexible for they won’t be bent out of shape.” That’s the motto of the Rev. Donna Steckline, the newest pastor to grace Trinity Episcopal Church ...

“It was a real struggle in the late 1800s. Black parents had to buy the ... Harris not only sent his son Samuel Jr. to what is now Virginia State University but also financed his studies at ...

Virginia is the birthplace of American slavery ... And there was a presidential election coming in the fall of 1800. Would Democratic-Republican candidate Thomas Jefferson unseat Federalist ...

Preservation Virginia has released its annual list of historic places in the Commonwealth facing imminent or sustained ...

Seeking a better life, nearly 400 Central Virginia residents left the United States and sailed with their families for Africa between 1829 and 1865. They were among 3,700 Virginians who emigrated ...

Rachel Beanland's The House Is on Fire, which chronicles the burning of a theater and its tumultuous aftermath in Virginia in 1811, checks off all those elements while also tackling the rampant ...