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03/12/2024

National Park Service Awards Virginia $75,000 to Produce Historic Context on African American Schools

03/06/2024

DHR Administers Easement Over Land Linked to Four Civil War Battles

Full-scale model of Barbara Rose Johns Statue for the U.S. Capitol

02/28/2024

Commission for Historical Statues Approves Model of Forthcoming Barbara Rose Johns Statue for U.S. Capitol

Christian Home School historical marker dedication

02/26/2024

State Historical Marker for the Christian Home School Dedicated in Town of Smithfield

01/11/2024

DHR Administers Easement Over Revolutionary War Battlefield Land in City of Chesapeake

01/03/2024

State Historic Boards Approve 6 New Highway Markers

New listings on Virginia Landmarks Register December 2023

12/19/2023

State Adds 11 Historic Sites to the Virginia Landmarks Register

12/07/2023

Plaques to Be Dedicated in Danville, Va., for Two Historic Sites Listed in the Green Book

12/06/2023

DHR Administers Easement Over Civil War Battlefield Land in Orange County

10/25/2023

Virginia Receives More Than $176,000 in Save America’s Treasures Grant Funds from National Park Service and Partner Agencies

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