Virginia Military Institute News

General John McCausland's home, called "Grape Hill" is located near Pliny, Mason County, West Virginia.

At this point in their military careers, it would seem that Ret. Marine Corps M/Sgt Raymond Johnson vastly outranks his granddaughter Kayla Johnson, a Virginia Military Institute cadet.

After intense fighting with American soldiers on one front and Soviet soldiers on another, Germany surrendered on May 8, 1945, ending World War II in Europe.

The new Huguenot Bridge, under construction since late 2010, is half-finished, all the way across the James River, but only half as wide as it will be.

I'm reprinting day-to-day journal entries here from a cross-country bicycle tour my friend Bruce and I took in 1984.

A Civil War-period church service and living history programs, followed by the Battle of New Market re-enactment at 1:30 p.m. Re-enactment begins at 10 a.m. $10; children 9 and under and residents who present a New Market address, free.

Mrs. Frank Hess entertained a number of children Monday afternoon at her home on Locust Avenue with a party in honor of the third birthday anniversary of her son, Frank Hess Jr.

Former Falls Church High lacrosse player earned 2012 first-team all-Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference this season at Virginia Military Institute to close out his college lacrosse career.

As a student, John Alerding helped research insect wings for drone applications, but as an Air Force officer he hopes to fly fighter jets.

She's in good company. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, about one in four people 55-plus volunteered in the year that ended in September 2011.

Tuition at Virginia Military Institute will increase 3.9 percent to $6,880 for Virginia cadets and 4.9 percent for out-of-state cadets for the academic year beginning in August.

The Roanoke County Parks and Recreation Department is sponsoring a trip to Hanover, Va., to tour this beautifully restored 200-year-old landmark.

Knadler was a partying New Yorker and editor for a women's magazine when she was assigned to cover a rodeo in Miles City, Mont.

Tuition will rise in the academic year beginning in August at Virginia Military Institute.

Saturday marks the sesquicentennial anniversary of the battle of Puebla, Mexico, in which the people of Mexico defeated an invading force of European powers led by France.

The always-excellent blog Dead Confederates quotes from a term paper , written in 1932 by a U.S. Army cavalry officer, Major George S. Patton Jr.

On May 2, 1863, Confederate Gen. Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson was accidentally wounded by his own men at the Battle of Chancellorsville in Virginia.

A memorial service for Harold Berlin "Buzz" Snyder Jr., commandant of cadets and commander of the Army Reserve Officers Training Corps at Virginia Military Institute from 1981 to 1984, will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday at the Osborne Boat Landing, 9680 Osborne Turnpike in Henrico County.