Free Weekend of RVA History Includes 20 Sites for Families
Download your Time Time Travelers Passport today and enjoy fourteen historic sites throughout Richmond, September 22 and 23.
Tourists and locals alike are invited to discover the area’s...
Lindbergh’s Historic Layover
In May of 1927, Charles Lindbergh completed the first solo flight across the ocean. The 3,500-mile trip from Long Island to Paris – made...
Best of RVA! Staycation Adventures
Funny story. Not funny ha-ha, funny stupid. For years, I lived about fifty minutes from the Golden Gate Bridge. I walked the wide, inviting...
Monument Avenue Commission Releases Official Report
The Monument Avenue Commission has completed a yearlong review and public engagement process examining the Confederate statuary of Monument Avenue and submitted its report...
Swimming Made Waves
By the end of the Civil War, the James River and its tributaries were too polluted with industrial waste for swimming. Desperate for relief during...
Governor Northam Announces $5 Million Gift To Virginia War Memorial Foundation
Retired Richmond Businessman and Philanthropist C. Kenneth Wright Honored For His Philanthropy
Virginia Governor Ralph Northam has announced that the Virginia War Memorial Foundation (VWMF) is...
Pamplin Historical Park Offers $1 Admission this Summer
Pamplin Historical Park and the National Museum of the Civil War Soldier is offering $1.00 general daily admission throughout the summer until Labor Day,...
It Was One Historic Celebration!
For nearly twenty years, a giant party overtook Richmond each June. Founded in 1976 to celebrate the arts, the June Jubilee was coordinated by the...
The Park with a Rich Past
In 1908, the publisher of the Richmond Times-Dispatch died. The next year, Joseph Bryan’s widow bought a 262-acre estate called Rosewood and gave it...
Connecting Communities: RVA and Puerto Rico
Looking out the jet window at the island below, Thomas Irving had no idea what to expect when the plane finally landed in storm-ravaged...
