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Oh, damn it.' Somewhere near Charlottesville, Va., Greg Gordon is scanning the expanse before him--the landscape mostly flat, a few rocky hills and groves of trees posing formidable barriers. Behind [...]

WITH TREES HEAVY WITH SPANISH MOSS and swamp water brown as whiskey, the lowlands of New Orleans looked nothing like home to Private Francis Stick. He'd joined the 47th Pennsylvania [...]

The article focuses on the 2024 American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) medal awards and their recipients. Topics include Perry Howard's groundbreaking influence in landscape architecture, Raymond Jungles' notable design projects, and the Design Workshop Foundation's impactful pro bono services to underserved communities.

ENTERING THE NEW AMERICAN CIVIL WAR MUSEUM at the historic Tredegar Iron Works in Richmond, Va., the first thing you notice is the color. Here are large photographs of familiar [...]

ON A FRIGID MID-DECEMBER DAY IN 1914, JOHN Greenawalt had finally mustered the energy to return to work. At 74 years old, Greenawalt was the principal examiner and reviewer for [...]

BEFORE THE CIVIL WAR, Washington, D.C., was vulnerable from nearly all sides. The only major fortification was Fort Washington, an early 19th-century brick and stone structure located on the Potomac [...]

THE VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE feels like a place untouched by time, and yet the town it is in, Lexington, Va., finds itself responding to 21st-century concerns about history and heritage. [...]

The most trying events of history have often produced stirring and important art, and the Civil War was no exception. Out of that conflict arose French artist Paul Philippoteaux's monumental [...]

THE MEMPHIS & CHARLESTON RAILROAD shot like an arrow across the South, and the supply line was so important it was known as 'the vertebrae of the Confederacy.' At Corinth, [...]

East of the Mississippi: Nineteenth-Century American Landscape Photography National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., through July 16, 2017 New Orleans Museum of Art, October 5, 2017 - January 7, 2018 [...]

ONE OF THE: MOST AFFECTING ARTIFACTS in the Smithsonian's new National Museum of African American History and Culture is also its most delicate: a thin lace-and-linen shawl. Draped on a [...]

The article informs about Mikyoung Kim Design's diverse portfolio of projects, including the development of gardens at Boston Children's Hospital designed to address the complexities of the hospital environment. Topics include the firm's approach to incorporating scientific research into landscape design, creating spaces that cater to various emotional needs, and their commitment to healing and community engagement across different scales and project types.

THE GETTYSBURG CAMPAIGN did not end on July 3, 1863, but in a series of fierce clashes that marked the Confederate retreat back to Virginia. The Potomac River was a [...]

Scott Roland and Marc Charisse are bent over a network of wires, making connections, testing things out and adjusting their computer records. Sprawled before them is a green expanse about [...]