Mt. Airy
Long before her folk-art paintings of rural scenes and farm life earned her nationwide fame and the nickname “Grandma,” Anna Mary Robinson Moses lived in Staunton and Augusta County with […]
Washington Avenue Historic District
Washington Avenue Historic District is Fredericksburg’s only historic monumental avenue and the site of an outstanding collection of high-style residences built for the city’s elite at the turn of the […]
Virginia Washington Monument
The Virginia Washington Monument (also known as the George Washington Equestrian Statue) is a nationally significant work of art. It was the first statue in Richmond, a city now known […]
Fairview Cemetery
Since its founding around 1855, Fairview Cemetery has been an important component of the physical and cultural landscape of the county courthouse town of Culpeper. As a municipal cemetery, its […]
Shannon Cemetery
Shannon Cemetery is highly significant for its association with ethnic history in Giles County, and for the diversity and quality of its memorial art. The cemetery occupies two adjacent ridges […]
Lake Anne Village Center Historic District
Lake Anne Village Center, constructed between 1963 and 1967, was the first village of the planned community of Reston, in western Fairfax County, and as such is part of the […]
The Aviator
The Aviator, sculpted by Gutzon Borglum, is located on the University of Virginia’s central grounds. Commissioned in 1918, it was erected in 1919 to honor James Rogers McConnell (1887–1917), a […]
Robert E. Lee Monument
Richmond’s grand Monument Avenue began with the unveiling of the Robert E. Lee Monument on May 29, 1890. The equestrian statue by French sculptor Marius Jean Antonin Mercié was intended […]
People’s Memorial Cemetery
On land deeded by Edith and Henry Williams in 1840, 1865, and 1880, People’s Memorial Cemetery in Petersburg became the largest African American cemetery in the city during an era […]
Arlington Ridge Park
Arlington Ridge Park in Arlington County contributes to the legacy of open space memorials in the Washington, D.C. area. Its most iconic feature is the United States Marine Corps War […]
