East End High School East End High School opened near this location in Sept. 1953 to serve African American students during the segregation era. Mecklenburg County built the school with a grant from the Battle Fund, established under Gov. John S. Battle as Virginia’s first program for providing direct aid to localities for school construction. […]
Details and location TBA. More information at https://www.dhr.virginia.gov/boards/
Details and location TBA. More information at https://www.dhr.virginia.gov/boards/
This joint quarterly public meeting of the Virginia Board of Historic Resources and the State Review Board convened at 10:00 a.m. March 16, 2023 in Garden Hall, Maymont, 1700 Hampton Street, Richmond, Virginia 23220. To watch a recording of the Quarterly Joint Board Meeting on March 16, 2023, click here. Password: SmBSDAj7 Agenda Board Training Agenda (March […]
This joint quarterly public meeting of the Virginia Board of Historic Resources and the State Review Board convened at 9:30 a.m. June 15, 2023 in the Huntington Room at the Mariner's Museum & Park, 100 Museum Drive, Newport News, 23606. See below for directions and remote participation options. Agenda Nominations Presented: See below, by region. […]
The joint quarterly public meeting of the Virginia Board of Historic Resources and the State Review Board convened at 9:30 a.m. September 21, 2023, in The Institute for Advanced Learning and Research, Conference Room 207 (2nd Floor), 150 Slayton Avenue, Danville, VA 2454. See below for the final agenda of the meeting and additional details. […]
Virginia Archaeology Month is in October 2023!
The public is welcome to join us on lab nights at the CAPE. Lab activities cater to all ages, ranging from cleaning the artifacts, processing cleaned artifacts, and occasionally mending pottery! These are at the Center of Archaeology, Preservation, and Education (CAPE) in Gloucester, VA.
In celebration of Archaeology Month, Historic Germanna's Archaeology team will host special behind-the-scenes walking tours on each Friday morning in October of Germanna's archaeological dig sites located in Orange County, Virginia.The dig sites feature the ruins of the "Enchanted Castle" - home of Virginia’s Colonial Lt. Governor, Alexander Spotswood - as well as the potential sites of the 1714 […]
Come visit the Fairfield Archaeology Park! We will host tours at the structure where you can learn about a colonial site! Occasionally, we will have excavations during these Fridays, but predominantly guided or self-guided tours around the structure and the natural trail.
The 1857 Slave Dwelling Restoration project is a community-engaged effort in collaboration with Poplar Forest's African American Advisory Group to begin restoring a two-story brick building originally inhabited by enslaved and free African American residents of Poplar Forest plantation. Visit during September and October to learn about current archaeological work each Friday at 1 p.m. […]
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DHR has secured permanent legal protection for over 700 historic places - including 15,000 acres of battlefield lands
DHR has erected 2,532 highway markers in every county and city across Virginia
DHR has registered more than 3,317 individual resources and 613 historic districts
DHR has engaged over 450 students in 3 highway marker contests
DHR has stimulated more than $4.2 billion dollars in private investments related to historic tax credit incentives, revitalizing communities of all sizes throughout Virginia
