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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.
Nominate treasures for Virginia’s Endangered Species list
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FROM Virginia Historical Society 06/06/16 / History /
Museums, libraries, archives, and historic sites across Virginia and Washington, DC many now nominate items from their collections for the Virginia's Top 10 Endangered Artifacts (http://www.vatop10artifacts.org) program. This seeks to increase awareness of collections care issues and showcases our diverse histories, cultures, and art, and the important role artifacts play in our collective heritage.
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Looters steal Civil War history at Petersburg National Battlefield, National Park Service reports
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05/27/16 / Breaking News / Federal Government / History / Police & Fire Beat /
While Americans this weekend honor citizens who gave their lives in defense of home and country, the National Park Service is investigating looting that took place at a Civil War battlefield earlier in the week, according to a news release from the National Park Service. The affected area of the battlefield is an active crime scene.
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Prince William County Bar Association marks 75th year
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FROM Prince William County Bar Association reports 05/21/16 / History / Local Government / Manassas / People & Places / State Government /
The PWC Bar Association is celebrating its 75th anniversary. The Association was founded on July 25, 1941 by seven attorneys who comprised the entire legal community at the time, all having offices in Old Towne Manassas.
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Retired Army Brig. Gen. Clara Adams-Ender of Lake Ridge rings church’s Freedom Bell
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FROM Colonial Williamsburg Foundation Reports 03/05/16 / History / Lake Ridge / Military /
Brig. Gen. Clara Leach Adams-Ender (U.S. Army, Retired) of Lake Ridge, a “Living Legend” of American nursing and a pioneer of military equality, “Let Freedom Ring” March 4, when she visited Williamsburg’s historic First Baptist Church and rang its restored Freedom Bell, silent from the period of segregation until this year.
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Santa Train tickets go on sale at 9 a.m. on Monday, Nov. 23
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11/22/15 / History / Manassas / Transportation / Woodbridge /
Tickets to ride the Dec. 12 Virginia Railway Express (VRE) Santa trains go on sale at 9 a.m. on Monday, Nov. 23 at http://www.vrespecialevents.org and select vendor locations. In 2014 all tickets sold out online in eight minutes and within 1 ½ hours at vendor locations even though VRE added one more train to the Manassas line and placed restrictions on ticket sales.
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Take a virtual tour of Manassas Museum
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Six George Mason University students are bringing the Manassas Museum to the world in a new virtual tour now available on the museum’s website.
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“Out of the Attic” session tonight Oct. 20 at Southern Fauquier Historical Society
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10/20/15 / History / People & Places /
Southern Fauquier Historical Society will meet tonight, Tuesday, Oct. 20, at 7:30 p.m. for Out of the Attic "show and tell" and a round table discussion at the Cedar Run Building - Catlett Fire & Rescue, 3576 Catlett Road ( on VA 28).
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Boy Scouts install bin at Balls Ford Rd. site for retirement of Old Glory with dignity and respect
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By GAIL WILLIAMS Observer staff 10/06/15 / Federal Government / History / People & Places /
People in the western end of Prince William County now have a convenient, respectable and patriotic way to retire their worn American flags. Boy Scout troops in the Bull Run District constructed a special bin for the collection of the flags at the Balls Ford Rd. compost facility.
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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,
