The Virginia Capitol Foundation's Christmas ornament features George Washington, rendered in the marble statue French ...

It is a twist on what actually happened with the story of how an immigrant from the West Indies became George Washington's ...

Spending time with my family this Thanksgiving week reminds me that life comes with no guarantees. This truth holds special ...

A big ball and a reenactment is planned in March as the city gears up to celebrate one of the most important moments in its ...

On Nov. 28, 2018, former President George H.W. Bush died at his home in Houston, six months after the passing of his wife, ...

It’s not about you! That’s a hard truth in a nation where industry experts say the average cell phone user takes 450 self-portraits (selfies) each year. Author David Faust wrote, “In the past,” a ...

For Thanksgiving, I published a short history of Jefferson’s and his Democrats’ reaction to John Adams’ fearmongering for ...

In opening scenes you start to worry that “Hamilton” has gone the way of so many long-touring musicals, where brand awareness obviates the need for quality control. Thankfully, before too long, the ...

Under President Rutherford B. Hayes, the U.S. government approved and developed off-reservation Indian boarding schools. The ...

When I was growing up in that long-ago land a bunch of us remember as grade school, you would have thought the Pilgrims held ...

There will be a special “Candlelight Concert” at Winterthur on December 14 from 6-7 p.m. Surrounded by hundreds of candles, ...