VIRGINIA HERITAGE RESOURCES GROUP

02/14/2023

02/14/2023

On this Saturday, from 1 to 2:30 p.m., you'e invited to celebrate "The Bond of Family" at the Thomson Community Center at 207 Catawba St. in Glasgow. The event, sponsored by our Rockbridge Regional Library and the Rockbridge Historical Society, will consist of an oral history roundtable focused on the Garland Thompson family, a hymn sing and displays of historic artifacts. (The photo shows the North Glasgow Masonic Lodge, about 1950.

12/08/2022

We are thrilled to announce that the Warm Springs Pools will officially reopen on Saturday, December 17! As a special thank you to our Bath County friends and family, we will open for Bath County residents only on Friday, December 16. Reservations are required and may be made by calling 540-839-3860. 📸 Sky Pics

10/28/2022

Don't forget to join us next week for our final lecture of 2022! The Frontier Culture Museum's lectures are all free and open to the public.

This presentation explores the importance of the migration of ideas as exhibited in the world of traditional pottery. Emanuel Suter learned the craft in a traditional manner and practiced the trade on his farm in the central Shenandoah Valley. As a refugee from the Civil War, he traveled to Pennsylvania in 1864, where he began to work for an established pottery manufactory. While there he absorbed ideas about how an industrial pottery could operate. Upon his return to the Valley in 1865, Suter set about restructuring his own pottery, and traveled outside of the region to modern potteries in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Ohio. The importance of this analysis lies in its study of the migration of ideas and their effect on a traditional folk craft.

08/05/2021

On Wednesday, August 11 at 7pm, Peggy Crosson, President of the Virginia Lewis & Clark Legacy Trail, will speak on Botetourt County’s connection to the Lewis & Clark exploration of …

06/20/2021

Mark your calendars for an upcoming summer lecture series by VA Humanities grantee the History Museum of Western Virginia, home to the largest collection of materials devoted to the early history of the Roanoke area.

Lectures related to the current “250+1 Year of Delight” decorative arts exhibit begin June 30, 7 PM with “Oriskany to Indian Rock: Sampling the Highlights of Botetourt County’s Rich Architectural Heritage,” a talk by Mike Pulice, Architectural Historian with the Virginia Department of Historic Resources.

More details here: https://loom.ly/6bAU0Pg

02/05/2021

We're excited to see our most renowned landscape feature - the Natural Bridge State Park - highlighted in its own exhibit at VMFA Virginia Museum of Fine Arts February 6 through August 1!

The Curator's Opening Talk is Friday, February 5 at 6:30 p.m. via Zoom. Register to tune in: https://lexingtonvirginia.com/events/curators-opening-talk-virginia-arcadia-the-natural-bridge-in-american-art

"Virginia Arcadia: The Natural Bridge in American Art" exhibit information: https://lexingtonvirginia.com/events/virginia-arcadia-the-natural-bridge-in-american-art

Image: Natural Bridge, Virginia, 1860, David Johnson (American 1827–1908), oil on canvas.

05/08/2020

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