Preservation Virginia

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Founded in 1889, Preservation Virginia is the country's oldest statewide historic preservation group. In addition to engaging in extensive advocacy work and helping preserve historic structures and places across the Commonwealth, Preservation Virginia also owns, operates, and interprets six historic sites across the state. These historic sites include Historic Jamestowne (1609, Jamestown), Bacon's Castle (1665, Surry), Patrick Henry's Scotchtown (1719, Hanover), Smith's Fort Plantation (1763, Surry), John Marshall House (1790, Richmond), and Cape Henry Lighthouse (1791, Virginia Beach). Visit our website to learn more about our preservation efforts, visiting our historic sites, and more!

Programs by Preservation Virginia

Black Rebellion in Early America

This program will highlight three significant Black rebellions across the United States within the Early Republic period. Students will understand the causes, history, and impact of Gabriel’s Conspiracy (1800), the German Coast Uprising (1811...

Changing the Constitution: The Reconstruction Laws

How are amendments added to the U.S. Constitution and why are they important? How does the passage of new amendments demonstrate the relationship between the three branches of government? Some of the most significant amendments were passed in...

Changing the Constitution: Votes for Women

How are amendments added to the U.S. Constitution and why are they important? How does the passage of new amendments demonstrate the relationship between the three branches of government? One of the most significant amendments was passed in 1920...

Debating the Nation: Ratifying the U.S. Constitution

The proposed American government is thought to be one of the most radical political experiments in history. What did it take to create the United States Constitution and make it the law of the land beginning in 1789? What was important to various...

Greatest Hits from the Marshall Court, 1801-1835

Chief Justice John Marshall (1755-1835) served 34-years on the U.S. Supreme Court (1801-1835) and during his illustrious tenure during America's Early Republic, Marshall asserted the power and authority of the federal judiciary. Marshall developed...

Hear Ye, Hear Ye: The First Government in Colonial America

As the oldest legislature in the New World, how did the General Assembly work, what did this government mean to the diverse populations of Virginia, and what is the legacy of this legislative body today? This virtual program from Preservation...

How Things Work: The Three Branches of Government

The U.S. Constitution devised a three-branch system of government for the new nation in 1789, but how does this radical democratic system work, and what does it entail? What was Chief Justice John Marshall’s role in elevating the Supreme Court to...

How Things Work: The U.S. Supreme Court

Throughout the past 230 years, the United States Supreme Court has ensured that individual rights and liberties are protected under the law. As the final arbiter of the law, the Supreme Court deems what is constitutional and what isn’t. This...

Landmark Ladies: Women and the Supreme Court

Which legal precedents once limited womens' equality and treatment under the law from Chief Justice John Marshall's lifetime in the Early Republic to present? What journey has taken place in the United States to progress womens' access to and...

Lighthouses 101

Lighthouses have guided sea travelers to safety for hundreds of years, but how exactly do lighthouses work and how have they changed over time? What established Cape Henry Lighthouse on the shores of the Chesapeake Bay in 1792? Join Preservation...

Money, Barter, and the Plantation Economy

Exploring the financial foundations of the New World, students will consider how the colonies made money for the mother country, who performed that labor, and how the early colonists financially and culturally interacted with each other, and more!

Patrick Henry and Revolutionary Rhetoric

Patrick Henry is known as the “Orator of the Revolution,” having fought the war for independence more prominently with his quill and his word than with a sword. What was so impactful about Henry’s 1775 “Liberty or Death” speech given at St. John’s...

Patrick Henry's Road to Revolution

Patrick Henry is regarded as the Orator of the American Revolution, famous for his call for liberty or death at St. John's Church in Richmond, Virginia in 1775. But how did Henry find himself in St. John's Church that day, and was this the first...

The Spirit of ‘76: John Marshall, the Revolution, and the New Nation

This program will explore the origins and rhetoric of the American Revolution, why the future Chief Justice John Marshall eagerly enlisted to serve, and stories and impacts from his time fighting for independence. Students will consider why, how...

The XYZ Affair and Early American Diplomacy

In the years immediately following the American Revolution, the new United States had to figure out who they were on an international stage and did so through treaties, trade, diplomacy, and both neutrality and war with other countries. How did...

Urban Slavery in America

There is an intense misconception that Black slavery existed only on plantations in the United States. With the 1790 Richmond home of Chief Justice John Marshall as a lens, this program will present the lesser-known counter-narrative that enslaved...

Type of Organization

Arts/Cultural/Museum

Contact

Meika Downey education@preservationvirginia.org
204 W. Franklin Street
Richmond VA 23220
8046487998
United States

https://preservationvirginia.org

Primary Disciplines

The programs of Preservation Virginia cover:

Culture
Fine Arts
International
Literacy
Problem Based Learning
Problem Solving
Reading
Science
History & Social Studies
STEM