Older DHR Press Releases (March 2015 - March 2018)

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:

DHR BLOGS

Middle Archaic stone tools

Ask an Archaeologist: Ancient Stone Tools Discovered in Hanover County Yield Many Questions, Few Answers

Millwald Theater

A Star Is Reborn: The Rehabilitation of Wytheville’s Millwald Theatre

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Quarterly Newsletter Spring 2023

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State Superlatives in Historic Preservation

DHR Hosts Virtual Battlefield Grant Program Workshop

Virginia Landmarks Register Spotlight: Rosemont of Powhatan County

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