Organized at Camp Stanton in Benedict, Maryland, in February 1864, the 30th USCT served in spring campaigns in Virginia and marched with the Army of the Potomac into the Wilderness, where the regiment distinguished itself during one of the bloodiest engagements of the Civil War. 

Emily Winfree, an African American woman who lived through slavery, the Civil War, Reconstruction, and Jim Crow, never gave up, always kept her family together, and ultimately prevailed. 

Both the first object acquired by the Virginia Historical Society and arguably one of the best objects in the VMHC collection are tied to a special relationship that existed between John Marshall and George Washington.

In 2018, the VMHC was gifted an extraordinary collection of books, documents, and art associated with the Stewart and Bryan families of Richmond, Virginia.

Richmond is now home to more than 100 outdoor murals, and this popular form of artwork reflects the city’s modernity and diversity and has done much to bring communities together.

Approximately forty miles south of Washington, D.C., the Aquia sandstone quarry on Government Island sits quietly in the woods of Stafford County, Virginia.

World War I had a dramatic impact on the nation and our Commonwealth. For Virginia, perhaps one of the most significant legacies was the establishment of a sizable military presence within the state. 

Though it was certainly the longest journey of her life, and she was already exposed to English ways, nothing could have prepared Matoaka—better known as Pocahontas—for what she would experience when she landed in England in1616.