Hampton unveils new historical marker overlooking site of historic Civil War ironclad battle

The city of Hampton commemorates the 164th anniversary of the pivotal Battle of Hampton Roads with a new historical marker, ...

The First Africans in Virginia Landed in 1619. It Was a Turning Point for Slavery in American History—But Not the Beginning

It was in 1619, "about the latter end of August," that an English privateer ship reached Point Comfort on the Virginia peninsula—and changed history ...