Archive of DHR Press Releases

• 35 New Historical Markers Approved in June June 25, 2020
• DHR Announces an Easement Donation on 33-plus Acres of New Market Heights Battlefield June 23, 2020
• DHR Announces Availability of Battlefield Preservation Grants for 2020 June 10, 2020
• Governor Northam Designates May Historic Preservation Month in Virginia May 21, 2020
• DHR Requests Applications for Hurricanes Florence and Michael Post-Storm Disaster Grant Program March 24, 2020
• State Historical Highway Marker “First Baptist Church” to be Dedicated in Petersburg February 5, 2020
• State Historical Marker “The Irene Morgan Story Begins” To Be Dedicated in Gloucester Co. January 28, 2020
• DHR Announces 2019 Virginia Battlefield Preservation Grants to Protect 398 Acres December 31, 2019
• DHR Announces Publication of “A Guidebook to Virginia’s African American Historical Markers” December 5, 2019
• Historical Highway Marker “Morris Stanley Alexander (1891-1977)” To Be Dedicated in Lynchburg December 3, 2019
• Three State Historical Highway Markers To Be Dedicated in Town of Marion, Friday, Nov. 15 November 13, 2019
• State Historical Highway Marker “James River Steam Brewery” To Be Dedicated in Henrico Co., Sunday, Nov. 17 November 13, 2019
• State Historical Highway Marker “Court Street Baptist Church” To Be Dedicated in Portsmouth November 5, 2019
• Historical Highway Marker “John J. Wright School” to be Dedicated in Spotsylvania Co. October 15, 2019
• State Historical Highway Marker “James River Bateaumen” To Be Dedicated Saturday in Richmond October 10, 2019
• October is Virginia Archaeology Month! October 3, 2019
• NPS Awards $1.162 Million to Preserve African American Civil Rights History in Virginia September 26, 2019
• DHR Welcomes New Chief Curator September 24, 2019
• Twelve New State Historical Highway Markers Approved September 24, 2019
• Public Event to Focus on Virginia’s Maritime Heritage August 9, 2019