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Grave Matters: The African American Cemetery & Graves Fund

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Virginia Landmarks Register Spotlight: Miles B. Carpenter House

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Easement Stewardship Spotlight: The Gentry Farm

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Recent Highlights of DHR’s Preservation Incentives Programs: 2024-2025

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Historic Preservation and the City of Martinsville

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Virginia Landmarks Register Spotlight: Ida Mae Francis Tourist Home

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Evergreen Cemetery in the City of Richmond

Grave Matters: The African American Cemetery & Graves Fund

Miles B. Carpenter at his home in Waverly

Virginia Landmarks Register Spotlight: Miles B. Carpenter House

Harrison family at Gentry Farm

Easement Stewardship Spotlight: The Gentry Farm

The Professional Building

Recent Highlights of DHR’s Preservation Incentives Programs: 2024-2025

Winn Dixie Grocery Store

Historic Preservation and the City of Martinsville

The Ida Mae Francis Tourist Home as it appears today.

Virginia Landmarks Register Spotlight: Ida Mae Francis Tourist Home

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State Historical Marker Recalling Black Man’s Lynching to Be Unveiled in Leesburg

9 Historical Highway Markers Approved By State Board

State Historical Marker Unveiled in Fairfax County for ‘Desegregation of Community Clubs’

Barbara Rose Johns Statue Approved by Commission for Historical Statues in the United States Capitol

State Designates 9 Historic Sites as Virginia Landmarks

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Phone and notebook at Virginia Department of Historic Resources

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