Gov. Ralph Northam announces that UNESCO has designated Fort Monroe as a Site of Memory Associated with the UNESCO Slave Route project. Photo courtesy Office of Gov. Ralph Northam. In the early 1600s, ...

Virginia is considering a great idea: restoring the original name of the place where the arc of the moral universe bent toward emancipation. In 1619 as “Point Comfort,” that historic landscape saw the ...

In encampments like Fort Monroe, Union forces in the Civil War were joined by thousands of African-Americans seeking liberty ...

HAMPTON, Va. (WAVY) — The Fort Monroe Authority is working to honor the history of the first Africans to land at Point Comfort. They plan to break ground on the 1619 Landing Memorial this summer and ...

FORT MONROE, Va. — As people gather on Saturday to commemorate 405 years since the first landing of enslaved Africans at Fort Monroe in Hampton, the event will have special significance this year. The ...

The redevelopment of Old Point Comfort Marina at Fort Monroe has been put on hold due to rising costs, with no timeline specified for when it could occur. The FMA’s long-term goal is to redevelop the ...

The National Park Service announced the appointment of a new superintendent of Fort Monroe National Monument. Jaci Wells, who currently leads the South Florida National Parks cultural resources team, ...

HAMPTON, Va. — Justice Alexander, a senior at Granby High School in Norfolk, Virginia, felt something come over him as the bus carrying 21 of his classmates entered the grounds of Fort Monroe on the ...

G. Glenn Oder is retiring as executive director of the Fort Monroe Authority in October, the authority announced Friday. Oder has led the FMA for the past 12 years after leaving the General Assembly, ...

HAMPTON, Va. - A hub for creativity has now crossed the water to Hampton. The second location of 757 Makerspaceopened this month at Fort Monroe. “Fort Monroe is amazingly positioned to be a great ...

HAMPTON, Va. (WAVY) – The Fort Monroe water tower is no more. Crews arrived early on Feb. 21 to begin the process of dismantling it, with the goal of completing the work by day’s end. A WAVY camera ...