From colonial settlements to Civil War-era battlefields, Virginia is a state that’s rich with American history. Of its dozens of brick-and-mortar museums, however, seven Richmond ...

WILLIAMSBURG, Va. (AP) — Archaeologists in Virginia were excavating the grounds of a building that stored gunpowder during the American Revolution when they uncovered the eye sockets of a human skull.

The Virginia War Memorial hosted the Commonwealth's Patriot Day ceremony Thursday morning, honoring those lost on Sept. 11, 2001.