RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — The Richmond National Battlefield Park is inviting the public to celebrate a slice of history — the 161st anniversary of the Battle of Cold Harbor. The event, which will be held ...
Richmond -- The army of the Potomac -- The peninsula campaign, summer 1862. On to Richmond ; Up the peninsula ; Drewry's bluff ; Seven pines (Fair Oaks) ; Lee takes command ; The seven days begins ; ...
The catalyst for the National Park Service began in the 1930s when Douglass Southall Freeman, referred to as the “Godfather of Richmond Battlefield” by David Ruth, superintendent at the National Park ...
After the White House and Congress failed to reach a budget agreement before March 1, triggering the so-called sequester, national parks in Virginia are ready to implement strict austerity measures to ...