Media Releases
Governor Glenn Youngkin Announces $20 Million for Historic Preservation Capital Improvements Ahead of Nation’s Semiquincentennial
July 17, 2024
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VA250 leads statewide bell-ringing ceremony for Fourth of July
June 27, 2024
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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](https://va250.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/ArnoldsRaidonRichmond.jpg)
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](https://va250.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/YorktownTeaParty-1.jpg)
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](https://va250.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Group_Carly_08.29.23-scaled-e1694619936701.jpg)
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](https://va250.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/KickingOffVA250.jpg)
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](https://va250.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/DominionEnergyDonation.jpg)
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