Ground had been broken in Virginia for the rebuilding of one of the nation’s oldest Black churches. Thursday's Juneteenth ceremony was at Colonial Williamsburg, a museum that owns the land where the ...

Cobblestones and centuries collide on Duke of Gloucester Street in Colonial Williamsburg ... residence of seven royal governors and Virginia's first two elected governors. Today, visitors can ...

The First Baptist Church of Williamsburg established itself in 1776, although parishioners met before then in fields and ...

Archaeologists recently announced the discovery of skeletons at Colonial Williamsburg – but the skeletons weren’t from the ...

Established in 1699 as the capital of the Virginia colony, Williamsburg is ... include a carriage ride past historic landmarks like the Governor's Palace. Photograph by Jared Soares, Nat Geo ...

A Virginia museum has nearly finished restoring the nation's oldest surviving schoolhouse ... Oct 30, 2024 in Williamsburg, Va. (AP Photo/John C. Clark) To underscore the point, the lab has ...

WILLIAMSBURG, Va. — Tonia Cansler Merideth stepped inside ... is believed to be the country’s oldest surviving school created for Black children. The school is expected to open to the public ...

WILLIAMSBURG, Va. — A Virginia museum has nearly finished restoring the nation's oldest surviving schoolhouse for Black children, where hundreds of mostly enslaved students learned to read ...