Except for the feasting, an 18th century Christmas in Tidewater Virginia was simple and modest compared with today’s often elaborate holiday festivities. Christmas Day was a holy day. There was little ...

Unfolding from the Chesapeake Bay, a diverse marine-life estuary, to the Blue Ridge Mountains, Virginia, shaped by Native American, African, and European history, is quite the destination to explore.

WILLIAMSBURG, Va. — Archaeologists in Virginia are uncovering one of colonial America's most lavish displays of opulence: An ornamental garden where a wealthy politician and enslaved gardeners grew ...

We are getting closer and closer to the holiday season, that means we'll be surrounded by food! One place where you can experience some historic culinary cuisine is at the Food & Feasts of Colonial ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Stratford Hall in Westmoreland, Virginia, where enslaved cook and chocolatier Caesar lived and worked in the kitchen. Wikipedia, ...

Construction projects expected to be completed by the spring and summer will help the institutions honor the nation’s semiquincentennial.