Every summer, booklovers and bargain hunters eagerly await the Friends of the Richard Byrd Library book sale, one of the largest in the region with more than 10,000 books, many in pristine condition.

Dr. Richard Byrd, a Spokane pulmonary specialist and globetrotting adventurer, died on April 3 after suffering a blow to the head in a fall while on the coast of Cuba. Byrd, 82, was traveling with his ...

Children of all ages and their parents visited Springfield’s Richard Byrd Library Saturday, June 25 to join the Fairfax County Public Library’s 2016 Summer Reading Challenge. “The secret to a child’s ...

Byrd’s family is planning a memorial on April 27 at 11 a.m. at Hamblen Park Presbyterian Church. Dr. Richard Byrd, a Spokane pulmonary specialist and globetrotting adventurer, died last Tuesday after ...

As president of the Friends of Richard Byrd Library, Springfield resident Christine Peterson spends countless hours, along with other volunteers in the group, working to ensure the library is ...

In February 1957, Adm. Arleigh Burke flew to Boston to present Richard E. Byrd, the Antarctic explorer, with the Medal of Freedom. Byrd was only 68, but in failing health with a heart ailment and ...

The transformation of Richard Byrd from intrepid Arctic explorer to all-American hero was a carefully orchestrated operation. Byrd was astute enough to know that the growing influence of mass-media — ...

The defense attorney for a Baltimore man charged in connection with allegedly overseeing a cross-country drug operation says federal authorities are now accusing him of running a heroin ring in a ...

When Admiral Richard Byrd’s ships set sail from New York to Antarctica in 1928, one carried some unexpected cargo: William Gawronski. The life of the then-17-year-old is recounted in “The Stowaway: A ...

A Jamaican national indicted over two years ago for allegedly orchestrating a cross-country drug operation headquartered in Baltimore surprised authorities by pleading guilty this week in U.S.

LEELBURG, Va. - Richard Byrd Wise, 94, of Leesburg, Va., died on April 1, 2024, at Ashleigh at Lansdowne. Born March ... LEELBURG, Va. – Richard Byrd Wise, 94, of ...

The U.S. Navy’s first Yard Tug (YT) 808 class tug recently delivered to Naval Base Kitsap, Bremerton Annex. Only 17 days after delivery, YT 808 was in the water assisting USNS Richard Byrd (T-AKE 4) ...