Batteau Classroom: Studying the James River with VCU’s Footprints on the James Class
![Footprints on the James VCU class](https://www.dhr.virginia.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/01.jpg)
UPDATE: Special Session for the 2024-2026 Virginia Biennial Budget
![virginia state capitol building](https://www.dhr.virginia.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/capitol_b8063a4b-5056-a36a-0769ffdafcf9ca2d-1024x685.jpg)
DHR Easement Protects New Culpeper Battlefields State Park
![Photograph by Wendy Musumeci/DHR, June 8, 2024.](https://www.dhr.virginia.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/culpeper-state-park-sign-1.jpg)
Cemetery Excavations in Charles City County Yield Surprising Discovery
![DHR archaeologist Mike Clem cleaning up excavations at the Marston site](https://www.dhr.virginia.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/photo-8.jpg)
DHR Easement Projects Receive 2024 Governor’s Environmental Excellence Awards
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Rediscovering the Blick Plantation Home in Southside Virginia
![Blick Plantation in Brunswick County.](https://www.dhr.virginia.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/2_Front-elevation-of-Main-House-with-collapsed-porch-in-front_photograph-by-Joanna-McKnight-in-February-2024-768x1024.jpg)
DHR Spotlight: Preservation Incentives Division
![Pure Oil, Cape Charles](https://www.dhr.virginia.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Picture1-1024x745.jpg)
Grave Matters: The African American Cemetery & Graves Fund
![Union Street Cemeteries, City of Hampton](https://www.dhr.virginia.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/UnionStreetCemeteries-1024x768.jpg)
Professional Archaeologists Attend Metal Detecting Workshop
![Group photo of AMDA participants](https://www.dhr.virginia.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/AMDA_group_photo-1024x613.jpg)
Heirloom Home: The Paige-Pollard House in King William County
![A drawing by Conan Paige of his family home, the Paige-Pollard House.](https://www.dhr.virginia.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/house.jpeg)