Older DHR Press Releases (March 2015

Older DHR Press Releases (March 2015 - March 2018)

Published May 3, 2016

2018:

11 New State Historical Markers Approved [pdf] (March)
Six Sites Added to the Virginia Landmarks Register [pdf] (March)

2017:

12 New State Historical Highway Markers Approved (Dec. 29)
11 Historic Sites Added to the Virginia Landmarks Register [pdf] (Dec. 19)
16 New State Historical Markers Approved (Oct. 19)
12 Historic Sites Added to the Virginia Landmarks Register (Oct. 13)
12 New State Historical Markers Approved (June 30)
21 Historic Sites Added to the Virginia Landmarks Register (June 19)
18 New State Historical Markers Approved (March 24)
16 Historic Sites Added to the Virginia Landmarks Register (March 22)
National Park Service Approves Updated National Historic Landmark Designation for Virginia's Capitol (January 11)

2016:

Seven New State Historical Markers Approved (December 29)
Ten Historic Sites Added to the Virginia Landmarks Register (December 15)
DHR Announces Battlefield Preservation Grants for 2016 (November 22)
Seven New Historical Markers Approved [pdf] (October 13)
Eleven Historic Sites Added to the Virginia Landmarks Register (October 2)
12 New State Historical Markers Approved (June 30)
50th Anniversary of Virginia's Historical Preservation Easement Program to be Celebrated in Bowling Green (June 28)
14 Historic Sites Added to the Virginia Landmarks Register (June 22)
13 New State Historical Markers Approved [pdf] (March)
Five Historic Sites Added to the Virginia Landmarks Register [pdf] (March)
Nine New State Historical Markers Approved [pdf] (January)

2015:

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Members of the Chesapeake Archaeology Lab (CAL) at the University of William & Mary

September 13, 2024

An Overview: The DHR Threatened Sites Grant Program

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September 10, 2024

African American Schools in Virginia: A Multiple Property Document (MPD) Project

August 23, 2024

Virginia Landmark Spotlight: Cessford and Its Associated Laundry/Quarter Building for Enslaved Workers

Rappahannock Community College's Chinn House in 2020

August 8, 2024

Historic Preservation at the Federal and State Levels: Review and Compliance

An aerial map showing locations of both marked graves and possible unmarked graves identified through GPR survey of the Piedmont Baptist Church Cemetery in Albemarle County.

July 31, 2024

Grave Matters: The African American Cemetery & Graves Fund

July 25, 2024

Batteau Classroom: Studying the James River with VCU’s Footprints on the James Class

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