A light drizzle fell over West Point Cemetery in Norfolk Saturday as community members gathered to honor Black Civil War soldiers for Military Appreciation Month.
CRLC earns award for acquisition, protection of New Market Heights Battlefield in Henrico henricocitizen.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from henricocitizen.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
We are already halfway through the month of February! The public is encouraged to head to the U.S. Colored Troops (USCT) Interpretive Center in Lexington Park and the Drayden African American Schoolhouse to explore the profound and significant contributions of African Americans in St. Mary’s County this month in honor of Black History Month.
Preservation Virginia spotlights 170 endangered historic places statewide, including 3 in Henrico henricocitizen.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from henricocitizen.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
New Market Heights (Courtesy CRLC) The Virginia Department of Historic Resources recently executed and recorded a perpetual historic preservation easement over property in Henrico County that is associated with five different battles of the American Civil War. The Aug. 29 easement protects just more than 49 acres of historic open-space land near the intersection of