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State Adds 10 Historic Sites to the Virginia Landmarks Register

Two Volumes on Virginia’s Archaeology Now Available as PDF Downloads

18 New State Historical Highway Markers Approved, Sept. 2021

—Markers cover topics in the counties of Bath, Charles City, Chesterfield (2), Lancaster (2), Rappahannock, and Rockingham; and the cities of Alexandria, Charlottesville (3), Falls Church, Norfolk, Salem, Virginia Beach, […]

State Adds Eight Historic Sites to the Virginia Landmarks Register, September 2021

—VLR listings are in the counties of Amherst, Campbell, Fauquier (2), Gloucester, Henrico, Richmond and Roanoke— Among eight places listed in September on the Virginia Landmarks Register (VLR) are two […]

Updated Supplement for “A Guidebook to Virginia’s African American Historical Markers”

Since the publication in 2019 of A Guidebook to Virginia’s African American Historical Markers, the Virginia Board of Historic Resources has approved 75 new state markers about people, places, or […]

17 New State Historical Highway Markers Approved, June 2021

—Markers cover topics in the counties of Bedford, Brunswick, Culpeper (2), Cumberland, Essex (3), Southampton; and the cities of Bristol, Falls Church, Lexington, Petersburg, Richmond (4)—  —Text of each marker […]

Nine Historic Sites Added to the Virginia Landmarks Register, June 2021

—VLR listings are in the counties of Bedford (2), Brunswick, Campbell, Loudoun, Pulaski, Rockbridge, Warren, and Westmoreland— Among nine places listed on the Virginia Landmarks Register are a historic district […]

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