Vice Admiral Samuel Gravely Jr. is the first Black American to reach the rank of captain, admiral and vice admiral in the U.S. Navy.

The James Minor House in Charlottesville, Criglersville Elementary School in Madison County and Mint Spring Tavern in Augusta ...

After Jimmy Carter’s state funeral in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 9, the body of the 39th president will be returned to his ...

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

Virginia S. Puryear of Richmond. She was preceded in death by a son, Dabney Alvin Cosby Jr., brother, Francis McGlenn Puryear Jr. Graveside services will be held Monday, Dec. 30, at 2 p.m. at the ...

William "Penn" Zentmeyer passed away peacefully surrounded by family on the morning of January 1, 2025 at Lake Prince Woods ...

More than a month into the Israel-Lebanon ceasefire deal, civilians in eastern and southern Lebanon continued to suffer from ...

The new year doesn't bring new policies to Augusta city cemeteries where storm damage remains an issue into 2025.

Burial associations in Sweden are looking to acquire enough land for something they hope they’ll never have to do: bury thousands of people in the event of war. The ...

Did you know Richmond played host to a brief chapter in the War for Independence? On Jan. 5, 1781, 800 British Soldiers raided Richmond by climbing onto Chimbarazo Hill.

Massengill headed the Virginia State Police during the Sept. 11 attacks and later led a probe into the 2007 Virginia Tech ...

Opened in 1852 and originally on the very outskirts of the town it has been compared with Highgate Cemetery in London and its ...