Step back in time at the Dee’s Attic U.S. History Books Pop-Up Sale! ✨ From presidents and pioneers to wars, scandals, speeches, and forgotten stories we’ve got shelves full of American history waiting to be discovered. 🗽 Vintage finds 📖 Rare & collectible history books 🎓 Perfect for teachers, students, collectors & curious minds ☕ […]
Special traveling exhibition from the Virginia Museum of History & Culture explores the unique and essential people, events and sites in Virginia that helped bring liberty and democracy to a nation. Dates: June 22 - August 3 from 10 - 4PM except Sunday's 1 - 4PM.
Historic Christ Church & Museum hosts the VA250 Mobile Museum Experience on June 26th - June 28th from 10 - 4PM. Experience a hands-on, interactive, immersive "museum on wheels!" Housed in an expandable tractor trailer that is traveling Virginia and beyond, the VA250 mobile museum's exhibition "Out of Many, One" shares the stories of the […]
Stock up on great reads at Dee’s Attic Bookstore’s Summer Book Sale, running June 27 through August 1 at Lancaster Community Library. Browse a wide selection of children’s books, fiction, nonfiction, history, magazines, CDs, and more. Don’t miss the $5 Bag Sale from July 27 through August 1. Can’t make it to the sale? Shop […]
Join us for our Speaker Series, "Raising the USS Monitor" with Anna Holloway in the Tides Inn - Osprey Room from 6 - 7PM.
Patriotic celebration and reading of the Declaration of Independence inside Historic Christ Church. With the Cobbs Hall Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution and the Richard Henry Lee Chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution.
Lancaster Community Library invites the community to A Special Evening with Dr. Leonard Levin on Thursday, July 2, 2026, at 6:30 PM. Dr. Levin will present “A Welcome to the James Monroe Birthplace & Boyhood Home,” exploring the rich heritage of Virginia’s Northern Neck, the Monroe family’s historic journey to Colonial Beach, and the cultural […]
Join us for an early Independence Day Celebration on Thursday, July 2nd. We will have a grand concert of vocal and Instrumental Musick with the Ban Ampersand.
As the American Revolution broke out in New England in the spring of 1775, dramatic events unfolded in Virginia that proved every bit as decisive as the battles of Lexington and Concord and Bunker Hill in uniting the colonies against Britain. That June, following his raid on the powder magazine in Williamsburg in April and […]
The house at Clifton was built in 1785 — nine years after the Declaration of Independence. This July, as America marks its 250th anniversary, Two Bees Lavender is opening this historic estate for a day that connects the land, the lavender, and the rich story of the Northern Neck and its role in shaping America. […]
The Declaration of Independence asserted that "all men are created equal" and have natural rights and the right of self-government by consent. Slavery contradicted these core principles of the Declaration of Independence as America's creedal document. In part one of HCC&M's 2026 Summer Speaker Series, Tony Williams, a Senior Fellow at the Bill of Rights […]
The VA250 Mobile Tour is coming to the Deltaville Maritime Museum July 14th-16th, and we couldn't be more excited to host this incredible statewide experience. Explore Virginia's 250-year story through interactive exhibits, hands-on history, and engaging displays for all ages. This is a free, family-friendly way to connect with our shared past and celebrate the […]