As the first permanent settlement established by colonists upon their arrival in North America, it's only natural that ...

DANVILLE, Va. — A decision to move the remains of ... and unused since sharecropping ended last century. The 1820s plantation house was destroyed by fire in 1988. Many who were enslaved at ...

Some plantation houses, like the Whitney plantation, offer a tour of the house that illuminates the history of slavery. This ...

Residents are worried that a developer’s plans to build around the remnants of an 18th-century plantation could be ...

The 1820s plantation house was destroyed by fire in 1988 ... their graves at the former Oak Hill plantation outside Danville, Va., Dec. 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Ben Finley) The search for Fleming ...

Between ten and eleven on December 14, Washington died in his bedchamber with Martha at the foot of his bed. His last words were simply: “‘Tis well.” For four days, his body lay in the mansion’s New ...

is a 2,900-acre community that includes approximately 2,400 homes. The plantation was once the home of Lewis Burwell III, a colonist who was a politician and served as acting governor of Virginia ...