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For the 102nd year, Sudley United Methodist’s holiday Bazaar is set for the last weekend in October
By Linda Kepler,
Contributing Writer 10/09/24 / Breaking News / Good Eating / Haymarket / History / People & Places / Sudley /
Scrumptious foods, baked goods and carefully crafted household items made by Sudley United Methodist Church's bakers, cooks, crafters and sewing specialists will be on display and for sale at the church's 102nd Annual Holiday Bazaar that will be held Oct. 25, 26 & 27.
Class of 1954 on mission to save Nokesville, VA school building
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By BENNIE SCARTON JR., Observer staff 07/03/13 / Education / History / People & Places /
Members of the Brentsville High School Class of 1954 "want to make sure the building is not destroyed and" are preparing a petition to present to the Prince William County School Board that it be preserved," according to Helen Graves, a member of the class.
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Investigating an historic house in Virginia
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05/07/13 / History / People & Places /
Prince William County Historic Preservation Division will sponsor a free May 16 talk on the tools and methods that historians and architects use to look at historic houses to determine their age, use and evolution over time.
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Traveling Exhibition on Domestic Service closes today, April 21, at Manassas Museum
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04/21/13 / History /
The story of Virginia’s largely African-American domestic service corps – the subject of a Manassas Museum exhibit, From Morning to Night: Domestic Service in the Gilded Age South– closes today, Sunday, April 21, at 5 p.m.
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Volunteers needed April 6 at Park Day at Bristoe Station Battlefield
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04/04/13 / History / People & Places /
Volunteers are needed beginning at 8 a.m. at Bristoe Station Battlefield Heritage Park in Bristow on Saturday, April 6, to pick up litter, construct and maintain trails and restore fences during Park Day.
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McQuigg to reveal historical gems discovered among Prince William County records
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03/07/13 / History / Local Government /
Michèle B. McQuigg, Clerk of the Prince William County circuit court is set to reveal "important and previously unknown historical information" that was discovered when old circuit court records were digitized.
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Free lessons Feb. 21 in Woodbridge on how to use Virginia slave name database
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02/10/13 / History /
Virginia Historical Society will give five free presentations around the state this month about how to use the Virginia slave name database. A Feb. 21 presentation will be held in Woodbridge.
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Winners named in Martin Luther King Jr. oratorical contest
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Prince William County Public Schools has named the winning students who competed in the Martin Luther King Jr. Youth Oratorical Contest.
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Today is the 150th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation
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01/01/13 / Breaking News / History / People & Places /
Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell remembers the history-changing act of President Abraham Lincoln and places in Virginia "where our nation reunited."
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IRS offers help to military members and veterans with their unique tax needs
Members of the U.S. Armed Forces, veterans and their families often qualify for special tax benefits. An IRS news release describes some of the most common deductions and exclusions and tells where to get more information.
