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Six historic sites designated as Virginia landmarks
FROM Virginia Dept. of Historic Resources 12/17/24 / Breaking News / History / People & Places / State Government /
Among the six places recently listed in the Virginia Landmarks Register are a house in Charlottesville designed by Milton L. Grigg, the celebrated architect best known for his work on the restoration of Colonial Williamsburg and Monticello in the 20th century; a Danville elementary school featuring architecture representative of mid-20th–century educational trends and their effect on the development of suburbs in Virginia after World War II; and a unique, mid-1700s American frontier–style home in the Shenandoah Valley that grew into a commercial business in the 19th and 20th centuries.
Memorial Day ceremony will be held at Freedom Museum May 25
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05/17/15 / History / Military / People & Places /
The Memorial Day Ceremony at the Freedom Museum at Manassas Airport will start at 2:30 PM with the reading of the names of Prince William service members who died during their military service followed by the National Moment of Silence at 3:00 PM and then the official opening of the PFC. Richard M. Bean display.
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Major film on landmark marriage case to be filmed in Virginia
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05/14/15 / Business / History / State Government /
Loving, a motion picture based on the true story of Richard and Mildred Loving, a Virginia married couple who, in 1958, were arrested for violating a state law at the time prohibiting interracial marriage will be filmed in Virginia. The couple sued. Their case was ultimately heard in 1967 by the U.S. Supreme Court, becoming a landmark civil rights case in defense of marriage equality.
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Congressional Gold Medal presentation to Albert L. Jones Sr. World War II veteran April 28
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el. Richard L. Anderson (Colonel, U.S. Air Force, Retired), will present the Congressional Gold Medal posthumously to surviving family members of Mr. Albert L. Jones, Sr., of Manassas, who served during World War II as a wartime member of the Auxiliary of the U.S. Army Air Forces, the Civil Air Patrol (CAP).
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Did you hear the bells? April 9 bell ringing commemorated end of the Civil War
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04/13/15 / History / Military / People & Places /
On Thursday, April 9, at 3:15 p.m., the bell in the Occoquan Town Hall rang for four minutes to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the surrender at Appomattox Courthouse and the end of the American Civil War.
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Arbor Day celebration in Manassas City April 24 at Liberia
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04/04/15 / Agriculture / History / Manassas /
Manassas City Beautification Committee will conduct a tree planting and recognition of Arbor Day poster contest winners ceremony at Liberia Plantation on Friday, April 24, at 10 a.m.
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Country music artist to film a Civil War movie drama, Josephine, in Virginia
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The historical authenticity of Virginia continues to draw film production to the state. The feature film Josephine will be filming in Halifax County this spring, helmed by Academy of Country Music award-winner Rory Feek. Josephine is a Civil War drama about a woman who enlists in the confederate army as a man in order to find her missing husband…and is based on actual letters and events.
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Civil War battlefield in Williamsburg donated to Civil War Trust
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03/24/15 / History / Military / Real Estate /
Governor Terry McAuliffe March 24 announced the protection of 65 acres of Civil War battlefield in Williamsburg. The land is being donated by Anheuser-Busch to the Civil War Trust, a nonprofit organization devoted to preserving America’s battlegrounds. The property played a pivotal role in the 1862 Battle of Williamsburg, the first pitched battle of the Peninsula Campaign.
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Fred Lynn Middle School to mark 50th anniversary March 20
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03/17/15 / Education / History / Woodbridge /
Fred M. Lynn MS will celebrate its long history and community roots on Friday, March 20, 6 to 8 p.m. in the school's main gymnasium at 1650 Prince William Pkwy., Woodbridge, VA 22191.
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Virginia State Police advise motorists how to prepare for upcoming winter storm
Seven tips from Virginia State Police to get ready to safely navigate next snowstorm due Jan. 10-11,
