The school board of Shenandoah County in Virginia voted to restore two schools' original names derived from Confederate generals. The school names were changed in 2020 by a vote from the same board.

In Virginia, local governments had been banned from removing Confederate memorials and statues until the law was changed in 2020, though the statute did not apply to school names.

A Virginia school district is poised to restore the names of Confederate leaders to two local schools − four years after the decision to change the names during the racial reckoning of 2020.. In ...

WILLIAMSBURG, Va. (AP) — Archaeologists in Virginia were excavating the grounds of a building that stored gunpowder during the American Revolution when they uncovered the eye sockets of a human ...

The Virginia NAACP has filed a lawsuit, claiming that the restoration of confederate names on two schools will negatively impact Black students' educations.

Confederate Remains Williamsburg Small bouquets adorn the graves of newly re-interred Confederate soldiers at Cedar Grove Cemetery in Williamsburg, Va., on June 3, 2025. (Jack Gary via AP) ...

Archaeologists in Virginia are trying to identify the remains of four Confederate soldiers who were killed in the Civil War.

Archaeologists in Virginia are trying to identify the remains of four Confederate soldiers who were killed in the Civil War. The skeletons were found on the grounds of the Colonial Williamsburg ...