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12/17/2024

State Designates 6 Historic Sites as Virginia Landmarks

10/30/2024

State Historical Marker to Be Dedicated for Polegreen Church “Dissenters’ Glebe” in Hanover County

10/23/2024

9 New State Historical Highway Markers Approved

10/09/2024

State Historical Marker Dedicated for Earliest-Known Black Sheriff in the North

10/02/2024

Virginia Dedicates Historical Marker for Richmond’s First Municipal African Cemetery

new virginia landmarks register listings

09/24/2024

8 Historic Sites Added to the Virginia Landmarks Register

Washington Park historical marker dedication.

09/12/2024

Virginia Dedicates Historical Marker about Historically African American Neighborhood in Richmond

09/12/2024

Three Southwest Virginia Projects Selected for Federal Funding from Paul Bruhn Historic Revitalization Grants Program

Antioch Baptist Church in Middlesex County

08/01/2024

Virginia Dedicates Historical Marker for Middlesex County’s Oldest Surviving Black Church

07/09/2024

5 New State Historical Highway Markers Approved

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