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September 12, 2011 By Fairfield Foundation

Archaeology and Preservation Internships at the Fairfield Foundation

Minnesota – Yep.  North Carolina – Sure.  California – Yep, twice! Ohio – Definitely.  Interns come to Fairfield from across the United States and throughout Virginia to work with us and learn about archaeology and preservation.  This summer we celebrated our 80th internship.  High School juniors and seniors, undergrads from community colleges and universities, graduate students, and […]

Filed Under: Archaeology, Education, Preservation Tagged With: archaeology, Fairfield, intern, internships, Preservation

August 5, 2011 By Fairfield Foundation

Archaeology in Action at the Courthouse Green

Filed Under: Archaeology, Education, Events Tagged With: archaeology, Artifacts, education, Gloucester Courthouse, Volunteers

July 13, 2011 By Fairfield Foundation

Picture This! 10 years of Fairfield in pictures.

    It’s hard to believe, but we’ve been around for over a decade now…and we have the photos to prove it. From our first day in November of 2000, we decided to invest exclusively in this new fangled “digital photography.” Today, we have more than 5200 JPEGs, TIFFs, and BMPs documenting everything from Test […]

Filed Under: Archaeology, Education, Preservation

June 3, 2011 By Fairfield Foundation

Discover Archaeology at Fairfield!

Summer is nearly here, and the archaeology field season is in full swing.  We are excited by the almost daily chance to make new discoveries and to share these exciting moments with visitors and volunteers.  Volunteers donated over 6,000 hours helping us in the field and lab last year!  We welcome you to join us in the weeks and […]

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May 19, 2011 By Fairfield Foundation

Civil War Stories and Music Come Alive at Historic Glen Roy

This Saturday, May 21st, you can experience Civil War history on the grounds of Glen Roy, one of Gloucester’s most beautiful antebellum homes (see details below).  The scene of a violent skirmish in 1863, you can still see the sole remaining barn spared by Union soldiers who burned ten others on William Patterson Smith’s estate. […]

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April 13, 2011 By Fairfield Foundation

Historic Preservation Blooms During the Daffodil Festival

Daffodil Festival Historic Preservation

The Fairfield Foundation shared some of its past discoveries and future endeavors with those who attended the Daffodil Festival last Saturday.  While the Daffodil Parade streamed down Main Street, volunteers at the Edge Hill Service Station handed out pin wheels to children and talked with passers by about our plans to restore the station into […]

Filed Under: Archaeology, Education, Events Tagged With: archaeology, Daffodil Festival, education, Gloucester Courthouse, public archaeology, Volunteers

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