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VA250 Mobile Museum Experience launches with ‘A Salute to Southwest Virginia’

January 14, 2025

A Salute to Southwest Virginia: 250th Anniversary of the Fincastle Resolutions

January 6, 2025

VA250 announces Bill Schermerhorn as Event Designer

December 16, 2024

Virginia celebrates bicentennial of Marquis de Lafayette’s Farewell Tour

September 30, 2024

Governor Glenn Youngkin Announces $20 Million for Historic Preservation Capital Improvements Ahead of Nation’s Semiquincentennial

July 17, 2024

VA250 leads statewide bell-ringing ceremony for Fourth of July

June 27, 2024

VA250 hosts American Revolution Experience traveling exhibit at Virginia State Capitol

June 25, 2024

Virginia’s capital marks pivotal 1781 attack with multi-day program - Jan 4 – 7

Virginia’s capital marks pivotal 1781 attack with multi-day program – Jan 4 – 7

January 3, 2024

Yorktown Tea Party prepares to toast 250 years of defiance

Yorktown Tea Party prepares to toast 250 years of defiance

December 4, 2023

Rob and Jean Estes Commit $125,000 for 250th Commemorative Museum Photo credit: Kathy Scott

Rob and Jean Estes Commit $125,000 for 250th Commemorative Museum

September 13, 2023

Planning for the Nation’s 250th Anniversary is Underway in Virginia

July 4, 2023

Governor Youngkin Announces 236 Local Tourism Programs to Receive Public-Private Marketing Funds to Drive Visitation Through 2024

May 8, 2023

The Virginia American Revolution 250 Commission Names Carly Fiorina as Virginia’s National Honorary Chairperson Photo credit: Kathy Scott

The Virginia American Revolution 250 Commission Names Carly Fiorina as Virginia’s National Honorary Chairperson

May 8, 2023

Virginia American Revolution 250 Commission (VA250) Chair, Delegate Terry Austin (R-Botetourt) thanks Edward H. Baine, President of Dominion Energy Virginia for its $1 million donation. Pictured L to R, Hunter Applewhite, President-Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation; Cheryl Wilson, Executive Director, VA250; Senator Mamie Locke (D-Hampton), Vice Chair, VA250 Commission; Delegate Terry Austin, Edward H. Baine, H. Benson Dendy, President, Virginia Commemorations, Inc.; Bill Murray, Senior VP – Corporate Affairs and Communications, Dominion Energy; Senator Tommy Norment, Virginia Commemorations, Inc. and VA250 Commissioner Photo credit: Kathy Scott

Virginia 250 Commission Announces $1 Million Leadership Donation from Dominion Energy to Fuel Virginia’s Commemoration of the Nation’s 250th Anniversary

March 12, 2023

VA250, Colonial Williamsburg to Host Nation’s First Planning Event for America’s 250th Anniversary

March 7, 2023