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  • Day in the Life Focus Tour

    Patrick Henry’s Scotchtown 16120 Chiswell Lane, Beaverdam, VA, United States

    While it may feel at times as though our day to day lives never change, they were completely different for those of Colonial Virginia. Discover what daily life was like […]

  • Day in the Life Focus Tour

    Patrick Henry’s Scotchtown 16120 Chiswell Lane, Beaverdam, VA, United States

    While it may feel at times as though our day to day lives never change, they were completely different for those of Colonial Virginia. Discover what daily life was like […]

  • Knots and Ropes

    Cape Henry Lighthouse 583 Atlantic Ave, Fort Story, VA, United States

    This event is included in general admission and open to active/retired military/ DoD ID holders and their families. Stop by the Cape Henry Lighthouse to learn and practice knot tying skills, such as canoe hitches for tying up boats and classic knots such as the figure eight.  Learn about how rope is made and why it was important to shipping and lighthouse keeping.

  • Lighthouses 101 Virtual Program

    Virtual Program VA

    The little known Village of Cape Henry was a bustling resort town in the early 1900’s. Accessed by an electric rail line and equipped with a casino, church, ice cream parlor, cottages and hotels. It was the place to be along the oceanfront.

  • Stories by the Sea

    Cape Henry Lighthouse 583 Atlantic Ave, Fort Story, VA, United States

    This event is free and open to active/retired military/ DoD ID holders and their families. Join the Cape Henry Lighthouse on the lookout at the Cape Henry Memorial Park overlooking the ocean as we read a children’s book related to the ocean and lighthouse. Stick around for a fun quick craft that accompanies the book that you can take home!

  • Day in the Life Focus Tour

    Patrick Henry’s Scotchtown 16120 Chiswell Lane, Beaverdam, VA, United States

    While it may feel at times as though our day to day lives never change, they were completely different for those of Colonial Virginia. Discover what daily life was like […]

  • Day in the Life Focus Tour

    Patrick Henry’s Scotchtown 16120 Chiswell Lane, Beaverdam, VA, United States

    While it may feel at times as though our day to day lives never change, they were completely different for those of Colonial Virginia. Discover what daily life was like […]

  • Summer Saturday Series: Colonial Candles

    Patrick Henry’s Scotchtown 16120 Chiswell Lane, Beaverdam, VA, United States

    Come join Scotchtown staff on July 25th from 10am-4pm to learn about the use of candles in the colonial time period. Whether necessary for basic light or enjoyed for their […]

  • The Lighthouse Act Virtual Program

    Virtual Program VA

    Although the lighthouse was completed in 1792, the idea of a lighthouse on Cape Henry came to be decades earlier. Learn about the agreement between Virginia and Maryland, how the Founding Fathers are connected to the construction of the lighthouse and the process of building with the adjustments that had to be made to create the first federally funded public works project during this virtual program on Zoom.

  • Knots and Ropes

    Cape Henry Lighthouse 583 Atlantic Ave, Fort Story, VA, United States

    This event is included in general admission and open to active/retired military/ DoD ID holders and their families. Stop by the Cape Henry Lighthouse to learn and practice knot tying skills, such as canoe hitches for tying up boats and classic knots such as the figure eight.  Learn about how rope is made and why it was important to shipping and lighthouse keeping.

  • Stories by the Sea

    Cape Henry Lighthouse 583 Atlantic Ave, Fort Story, VA, United States

    This event is free and open to active/retired military/ DoD ID holders and their families. Join the Cape Henry Lighthouse on the lookout at the Cape Henry Memorial Park overlooking the ocean as we read a children’s book related to the ocean and lighthouse. Stick around for a fun quick craft that accompanies the book that you can take home!

  • First Landing Virtual Program

    Virtual Program VA

    Landing on the shores of the Cape, on April 26th 1607, the men and boys of the Virginia Company Charter claimed this land for Henry, son of King James. This program will show monuments currently dedicated to the first landing and its importance to our country’s beginnings.

  • Day in the Life Focus Tour

    Patrick Henry’s Scotchtown 16120 Chiswell Lane, Beaverdam, VA, United States

    While it may feel at times as though our day to day lives never change, they were completely different for those of Colonial Virginia. Discover what daily life was like […]

  • Slavery at the John Marshall House: A Special Focus Tour

    John Marshall House 818 E Marshall St, Richmond, VA, United States

    This focus tour explores the experiences of the enslaved men, women, and children who lived and worked at the John Marshall House from 1790 to 1835. Discover what daily life […]

  • Stories by the Sea

    Cape Henry Lighthouse 583 Atlantic Ave, Fort Story, VA, United States

    This event is free and open to active/retired military/ DoD ID holders and their families. Join the Cape Henry Lighthouse on the lookout at the Cape Henry Memorial Park overlooking the ocean as we read a children’s book related to the ocean and lighthouse. Stick around for a fun quick craft that accompanies the book that you can take home!

  • Lighthouse Day 2026

    Cape Henry Lighthouse 583 Atlantic Ave, Fort Story, VA, United States

    ADVANCE TICKET PURCHASE REQUIRED          On August 7th, 1789, the 9th act of Congress was signed, the Lighthouse Act, celebrate National Lighthouse day with us. Climb the […]

  • Summer Saturday Series: Vegetables & Herbs

    Patrick Henry’s Scotchtown 16120 Chiswell Lane, Beaverdam, VA, United States

    Join Scotchtown staff on Saturday August 8th from 10am-4pm and learn about how popular vegetables and herbs were prepared in the 1700s! In addition we will be discussing foodways in […]

  • Stories by the Sea

    Cape Henry Lighthouse 583 Atlantic Ave, Fort Story, VA, United States

    This event is free and open to active/retired military/ DoD ID holders and their families. Join the Cape Henry Lighthouse on the lookout at the Cape Henry Memorial Park overlooking the ocean as we read a children’s book related to the ocean and lighthouse. Stick around for a fun quick craft that accompanies the book that you can take home!

  • Stories by the Sea

    Cape Henry Lighthouse 583 Atlantic Ave, Fort Story, VA, United States

    This event is free and open to active/retired military/ DoD ID holders and their families. Join the Cape Henry Lighthouse on the lookout at the Cape Henry Memorial Park overlooking the ocean as we read a children’s book related to the ocean and lighthouse. Stick around for a fun quick craft that accompanies the book that you can take home!

  • The Archaeology of Bacon’s Rebellion

    Bacon's Castle 465 Bacon’s Castle Trail, Surry, VA, United States

    Bacon’s Rebellion began as a campaign of violence against the region’s Indigenous people carried out in defiance of the royal governor. The elite instigators of the insurrection garnered broad support by stoking prejudice and exploiting the desperation of struggling and marginalized groups, including many in the colony’s growing, and increasingly oppressed African population who saw in the uprising a chance for self-liberation. 

  • Summer Saturday Series: Colonial Dyeing

    Patrick Henry’s Scotchtown 16120 Chiswell Lane, Beaverdam, VA, United States

    Join the Scotchtown staff on Saturday, August 22nd from 10am-4pm for ongoing demonstrations on dyes and colors of the 18th century. Come learn about dyeing practices in Colonial America and […]

  • Stories by the Sea

    Cape Henry Lighthouse 583 Atlantic Ave, Fort Story, VA, United States

    This event is free and open to active/retired military/ DoD ID holders and their families. Join the Cape Henry Lighthouse on the lookout at the Cape Henry Memorial Park overlooking the ocean as we read a children’s book related to the ocean and lighthouse. Stick around for a fun quick craft that accompanies the book that you can take home!

  • The Treason Trial of Aaron Burr: A Court End Walking Tour with the John Marshall House and The Valentine

    The Treason Trial of Aaron Burr: A Court End Walking Tour with the John Marshall House and The Valentine
    John Marshall House 818 E Marshall St, Richmond, VA, United States

    Join Preservation Virginia’s John Marshall House and the Valentine Museum’s John Wickham House for a deep dive into one of America’s first great legal spectacles. In the summer of 1807, […]

  • The Treason Trial of Aaron Burr: A Court End Walking Tour with the John Marshall House and The Valentine

    The Treason Trial of Aaron Burr: A Court End Walking Tour with the John Marshall House and The Valentine
    John Marshall House 818 E Marshall St, Richmond, VA, United States

    Join Preservation Virginia’s John Marshall House and the Valentine Museum’s John Wickham House for a deep dive into one of America’s first great legal spectacles. In the summer of 1807, […]

  • The Treason Trial of Aaron Burr: A Court End Walking Tour with the John Marshall House and The Valentine

    The Treason Trial of Aaron Burr: A Court End Walking Tour with the John Marshall House and The Valentine
    John Marshall House 818 E Marshall St, Richmond, VA, United States

    Join Preservation Virginia’s John Marshall House and the Valentine Museum’s John Wickham House for a deep dive into one of America’s first great legal spectacles. In the summer of 1807, […]

  • The Treason Trial of Aaron Burr: A Court End Walking Tour with the John Marshall House and The Valentine

    The Treason Trial of Aaron Burr: A Court End Walking Tour with the John Marshall House and The Valentine
    John Marshall House 818 E Marshall St, Richmond, VA, United States

    Join Preservation Virginia’s John Marshall House and the Valentine Museum’s John Wickham House for a deep dive into one of America’s first great legal spectacles. In the summer of 1807, […]

  • Slavery at the John Marshall House: A Special Focus Tour

    John Marshall House 818 E Marshall St, Richmond, VA, United States

    This focus tour explores the experiences of the enslaved men, women, and children who lived and worked at the John Marshall House from 1790 to 1835. Discover what daily life […]

  • The Burning of Jamestown

    Historic Jamestowne 1368 Colonial Parkway, Jamestown, VA, United States

    Exactly one-hundred years before the Declaration of Independence, a group of rebels marched on Virginia’s capital and burned it to the ground in an attempt to depose a government they saw as elitist.

  • Constitution Day Focus Tour

    Patrick Henry’s Scotchtown 16120 Chiswell Lane, Beaverdam, VA, United States

    Join the Scotchtown staff at 11am on Sunday, September 20th for a special focus tour in honor of constitution day! When the Constitution was sent to the states for approval […]

  • Slavery at the John Marshall House: A Special Focus Tour

    John Marshall House 818 E Marshall St, Richmond, VA, United States

    This focus tour explores the experiences of the enslaved men, women, and children who lived and worked at the John Marshall House from 1790 to 1835. Discover what daily life […]

  • The Stuff of Nightmares

    Patrick Henry’s Scotchtown 16120 Chiswell Lane, Beaverdam, VA, United States

    Crumbling castles, dark foreboding landscapes, supernatural and mysterious characters, disturbing and horrifying stories! Spend an evening at Scotchtown and experience the true terror of the early Gothic literary movement as […]

  • Seventeenth Century Day

    Bacon's Castle 465 Bacon’s Castle Trail, Surry, VA, United States

    Join us at Bacon’s Castle for our annual Seventeenth Century Day! This year we will be joined by our Virginia Indian Tribal Partners – the Pamunkey Indian Tribe, the Rappahannock Indian Tribe, and the Nottoway Indian Tribe – and we will also host the Library of Virginia’s LVA On the Go van.

  • Murder, Mayhem and the Marshalls

    Murder, Mayhem and the Marshalls
    John Marshall House 818 E Marshall St, Richmond, VA, United States

    Uncover the stories of murder, mayhem, and mystery that are housed within Preservation Virginia's John Marshall House on these special evening tours. Guests will have the opportunity to tour the […]

  • Murder, Mayhem and the Marshalls

    Murder, Mayhem and the Marshalls
    John Marshall House 818 E Marshall St, Richmond, VA, United States

    Uncover the stories of murder, mayhem, and mystery that are housed within Preservation Virginia's John Marshall House on these special evening tours. Guests will have the opportunity to tour the […]

  • First Responders Day at Scotchtown

    Patrick Henry’s Scotchtown 16120 Chiswell Lane, Beaverdam, VA, United States

    Join us at Scotchtown for First Responder Appreciation day on Sunday, October 25th from 11am-4pm! To say thank you to our first responders and their families, today we are offering […]

  • Murder, Mayhem and the Marshalls

    Murder, Mayhem and the Marshalls
    John Marshall House 818 E Marshall St, Richmond, VA, United States

    Uncover the stories of murder, mayhem, and mystery that are housed within Preservation Virginia's John Marshall House on these special evening tours. Guests will have the opportunity to tour the […]

  • Save the Date: Tournament of the Castle Renaissance Faire

    Bacon's Castle 465 Bacon’s Castle Trail, Surry, VA, United States

    Step back in time at Bacon’s Castle for the Tournament of the Castle Renaissance Faire on November 7th & 8th, 2026! This thrilling weekend features medieval full-plate armored combat from […]