JAMESTOWN – Explore the beginning of representative democracy, the fate of Nathaniel Bacon’s failed rebellion, the lasting ...

Saturday is Virginia Derby day at Colonial Downs in New Kent, Va., and there's a Pick 5 that begins with the Fasig-Tipton ...

Content by Colonial Downs. The appeal of racing, especially at Colonial Downs, is the chance to get up close to the action and be a part of the race day ...

Colonial Downs in New Kent County will host some of the top horses and trainers in the country for a three-day racing weekend headlined by the Virginia Derby.

Colonial Downs is hosting a record 48 days of racing this season, headlined by the Virginia Derby, the Commonwealth's only ...

The Virginia Derby will be held this weekend in New Kent at Colonial Downs. (Colonial Downs) NEW KENT— With just days remaining before the 2026 Virginia Derby meet, Colonial Dow ...

Then wash all down with good wine and beer, And So with mirth conclude the Year. — Virginia Almanac, 1765 Except for the feasting, an 18th century Christmas in Tidewater Virginia was simple and modest ...

The racist violence in Charlottesville is an appalling chapter in the very long history of white supremacy in America. Watching marchers with torches and Confederate flags near the site of Thomas ...

This video is no longer available. Their contributions helped establish colonial Virginia, but the stories of enslaved and freedmen who rowed down the James River to move goods aren’t well known to ...

Unfolding from the Chesapeake Bay, a diverse marine-life estuary, to the Blue Ridge Mountains, Virginia, shaped by Native American, African, and European history, is quite the destination to explore.