History

Visitors to Napoleon’s tomb, one of the Parisian monuments to Napoleon, can lean over the railing and bow to the emperor. CREDIT: Cameron Hewitt, Rick Steves’ Europe.
History

Parisian Monuments to Napoleon’s Rise and Fall

Finding the ‘straight story’ in Paris

By Rick Steves | October 7, 2025
The European Union functions as one big market, much to the delight of small businesses like this gelateria in Lucca, Italy. Rick Steves, Rick Steves’ Europe. Presented with his article on how the EU works.
History

European Union 102

How the EU works and why it matters

By Rick Steves | July 1, 2025
Early American tavern mugs. Image provided by the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation.
History

‘Eat, Drink, Revolution’ Tavern Conference

Scholarships and virtual tickets for Colonial Williamsburg event

By Annie Tobey | June 26, 2025
The flag of the European Union. 75 years ago, the European Union was founded as a peace project. It’s still succeeding as one today. CREDIT: Cameron Hewitt, Rick Steves’ Europe. For a history of the European Union
History

European Union 101

The history of the EU

By Rick Steves | June 25, 2025
Three books to help raise awareness of Black issues in Virginia
Books

Three Local Books to Promote Awareness of Black Issues

From Reconstruction Virginia to present-day Richmond

By Annie Tobey | June 16, 2025
Part of the “Un/Bound: Free Black Virginians, 1619–1865” exhibition at the Virginia Museum of History & Culture in Richmond
History

“Un/Bound: Free Black Virginians, 1619–1865”

Challenges, accomplishments, inspirations

By Annie Tobey | June 11, 2025
On the musings of the value of life: a child blowing a dandelion as the seeds disperse. By Yuriy Bandrivskuy
History

Musings on the Value of Life

Where does indifference to life begin?

By Robert C. Koehler | June 9, 2025
Barrels and crates representing the Yorktown tea party, leading up to the American Revolutionary War in Virginia. Part of the Give Me Liberty exhibition in Richmond
Annie Tobey

The ‘Give Me Liberty’ Exhibition at VMHC

Examining ideals and Virginians in 250 years of American history

By Annie Tobey | March 21, 2025
Virginia Capitol building in Richmond, for article on the Virginia Constitution
History

Yes, Virginia, We Have a Constitution

By Martha Steger | December 10, 2024
Dismantling war: A broken nuclear missile with growing flowers for peace. International Day Against Nuclear Tests, August 29. AI generated. Used with article on the sailboat, The Golden Rule
History

Floating for Peace on the ‘Golden Rule’

Historic aphorism, historic sailboat

By Robert C. Koehler | October 14, 2024

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