Emily J. Salmon

The White House has undergone many changes through the years—some by blueprint, some by chance. Yet the building has always stood solid, each alter...

As office and residence of the president of the United States, the White House is uniquely tied to both the life of the nation and the private live...

The Battle of Petersburg began as an unsuccessful Union assault against the city of Petersburg, Virginia, June 9, 1864, during the American Civil W...

From an area that boasts itself as America's First Region from the first settlement of Jamestown in 1607, the Greater Hampton roads area is steeped...

From the Capital of the Confederacy to Monument Avenue, the first electric trolley cars to Phillip Morris, Historic Photos of Richmond is a photogr...

More than 250 years passed from the founding of the first English colony in the New World at Jamestown in Virginia until the beginning of the Ameri...

Richmond is an American city quintessentially founded on change. From its colonial birth to the present, it has constantly rebuilt and reshaped its...

This is not your typical guidebook, but Virginia is not your typical state. Virginia has been around for so long, as the place in America first set...