In 1776 the task of doing so fell to two brothers, Richard and William Howe. They had a dual mandate: to crush the rebels and ...

I want them to experience, first of all, the awesomeness of the Arctic,” said Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski, who is leading ...

In June 1775, the English Royal Governor of Virginia, Lord Dunmore, slipped out of Williamsburg under the cover of darkness. He was rowed to a British naval ...

Frontier settlers in Southwest Virginia joined the call for independence months before the Declaration of Independence was ...

When he first took office, he was largely viewed as an ordinary federation boss. But his influence, political connections and ...

Vincent Ekow Assafuah has criticised the government over the organisation of the ongoing African Athletics Championship, ...

In preparation for this year of remembrance and purposeful planning for the future, today begins the first of twenty-five or more markers [stories] recalling the events that led to the original ...

In some ways, Virginia has been independent since the night last June when our royal governor, Lord Dunmore, slipped out of Williamsburg and boarded a British naval vessel. For those who have heard ...

We think of wars as conflicts between militaries, decided by force. However, as the German military theorist Carl von ...

We think of wars as conflicts between militaries, decided by force. However, as the German military theorist Carl von ...