J.R. Clifford was many things, an activist, an educator, a journalist, a veteran and the first African-American lawyer in the ...

Fifty-five years of living in the Southeast during which we enjoyed lots of travel resulted in visiting most of the National ...

Admitted to the Union in 1863, West Virginia was the only state created from breaking apart from a Confederate state during the Civil War and played a key role as a border state. Winter Storms ...

As the nation celebrates the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., a traveling exhibit is paying tribute to West Virginia’s role in the Civil Rights Movement. From Morgantown to Charleston, ...

The American Civil War Museum actually comprises three sites: The American Civil ... at Appomattox sits in Appomattox, Virginia (about 95 miles west of Richmond). Thanks to its comprehensive ...

Perhaps the most well-known destination in West Virginia, Harpers Ferry is more than a quaint 19th-century town. It's a National Historic Park with Civil War sites including battlefields ...

The association hopes “to enhance their visibility of the sites ... Civil War history,” he added. Until 10 years ago, there really was no Williamsburg Battlefield, such as those at other ...