It would be the U.S. Navy’s biggest defeat until World War II and threatened to change the balance of power in American waters. The power brokers in Washington panicked. Everyone except Navy Secretary ...

A short History Clip of how the Ironclad ships were used during the Civil War. And the battle between the Css Virginia and the USS Monitor. The Civil War history runs deep in Virginia! White House ...

Tane CasserleyThe USS Monitor was commissioned during the Civil War for the Union Navy in answer to the Confederate Navy’s new ironclad ship CSS Virginia (formerly the USS Merrimack), touted as ...

The recent discovery of the family library of John Gray Blount Meyers has uncovered a piece of North Carolina Civil War ... Virginia, was transferred to Kinston, North Carolina, and then assigned to ...

RICHMOND, Va. — The Virginia War Memorial launched its new children’s program called "Storytime at the Memorial," which will run for the next several months, on Saturday. This month's story ...

Richmond's First Black Mayor Is Remembered as a Civil Rights Fighter and Trailblazer RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Current and former Virginia elected leaders speaking at this weekend's service for the ...

Tim Kaine, D-Va., himself a former Richmond mayor and civil rights lawyer, recounted Marsh’s mentorship. As a student at Virginia Union University, Marsh testified before state lawmakers to ...

the impact of a prolonged trade war with China and our closest neighbors could result in higher prices for consumers in Virginia and nationwide, a fact that Trump had acknowledged could result in ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) – The Library of Virginia is hosting a film screening of “Bridge of Spies,” a film about a Virginia pilot who was shot down during the Cold War, in late February.

American women would not be welcome as full-time military members until 1948, but those who really, really wanted to fight ...

President Biden on Sunday announced pardons for five individuals, including multiple civil rights advocates ... pardoned Don Scott (D), the Speaker of Virginia’s House of Delegates, who was ...

Shippensburg Area Civil War Roundtable will meet Tuesday, February 18, 2025 at 7 p.m. at Christ United Methodist Church, 47 East King Street, Shippensburg.