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April 17, 2012 By Fairfield Foundation Leave a Comment

Save the Date – Open House at Edge Hill, April 26th, 5:30-7:30

Curious about what’s been happening at the Edge Hill Service Station? Come and take a look for yourself on Thursday, April 26th, from 5:30 to 7:30. Co-sponsored by the Gloucester Main Street Association, we are hosting tours of the station, with updates on the restoration progress and historic rehabilitation process, information on donation opportunities, and outlining our vision […]

Filed Under: Archaeology, Preservation

March 23, 2012 By Fairfield Foundation 5 Comments

Community Outreach: the Archeological Society of Virginia and its Middle Peninsula Chapter

We’ve all heard the expression “You can’t take a step in Virginia without walking on an historic site!” We live in an amazingly historic area with wonderful resources, from the first permanent English settlement at Jamestown, to the restored and reconstructed town of Williamsburg, the grand plantations along Route 5, and the battlegrounds at Yorktown […]

Filed Under: Archaeology, Education, Events Tagged With: archaeology, Archeological Society of Virginia, ASV, Middle Peninsula Chapter ASV, sites

October 20, 2011 By Fairfield Foundation Leave a Comment

Join Us – The 2nd Annual Gloucester Fall History Crawl

Spend the day exploring four of Gloucester’s premier historic sites while enjoying tastings of delicious food from some of Gloucester’s finest eateries.  Join the Fairfield Foundation and the Joseph Bryan Branch of Preservation Virginia on October 29th from 2 to 6 p.m. for the second annual Gloucester Fall History Crawl. Tickets on Sale Now! Email […]

Filed Under: Archaeology, Education, Events, Preservation Tagged With: Abingdon Church, Abingdon Glebe, archaeology, Fairfield, Fairfield Plantation, Historical Tour, Membership, Rosewell

September 12, 2011 By Fairfield Foundation 6 Comments

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 2 Comments

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 Leave a Comment

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 […]

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June 3, 2011 By Fairfield Foundation Leave a Comment

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 Leave a Comment

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 Leave a Comment

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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  • “In death – no! even in the grave all is not lost.”: 19th-Century Coffin Hardware in Urbanna, VA February 16, 2021
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  • 17th-century Settlement on the York River: Fairfield Foundation Receives Grant to Research Early Archaeological Sites at Timberneck and Shelly December 29, 2020

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