By Sara Lewis, Fairfield Foundation Grants Manager and Researcher A few weeks before Ken Burns’ American Revolution series premiered on PBS, I listened to an interview with co-director Sarah Botstein […]
Volunteer Spotlight: Jennifer Anderson
Jennifer received Fairfield’s “Lisa Award” in 2025 for years of dedication as a volunteer – sharing her time and talents with us on a wide variety of sites and projects. […]
Fairfield Celebrates 25 Years of Archaeology, Preservation and Education
In 2025 the Fairfield Foundation is celebrating 25 years of hands-on archaeology and educational programs in Gloucester County and throughout eastern Virginia. Some days it’s hard to believe it’s been […]
Wood’s Mill: an Overlooked Chapter of Gloucester Hall’s History
Gloucester County is home to many remarkable sites in Virginia’s history. One of these is Gloucester Hall, the 17th-century seat of the Pate family. It was here that Nathaniel Bacon […]
Lives from the Catlett Family Cemetery at Timberneck: Robert, Mary, and John Thruston
Sara E. Lewis, Development Officer, Fairfield Foundation The headstone of John Thruston (1831-1839), who died at the age of eight, is the oldest surviving memorial in the Catlett family cemetery […]
“The best church I have seen in the country” Excavations in search of the 17th-century Abingdon Church
It has been 20 years since we first excavated at Abingdon Church following Hurricane Isabel. That storm, which swept through our area in September 2003, cut power and downed trees […]
Archaeology Camp Year Two: The Rain Strikes Back
By Rachel Boyd, Outreach Coordinator This year we hosted our second year of archaeology summer camps, and, despite the rain, we had a great time! Some activities from last year […]
Looking Towards the Future: A Peek Inside the Development of Fairfield’s New Online Museum
Guest blog by summer intern Ashleigh Cannata, a graduate student from the University of Maryland, College Park. Often museums are seen as places strictly with four walls, endless winding hallways, […]
Summer Archaeology Camps 2022
Blog written by Rachel Boyd, Public Outreach Coordinator The summer is over, and school is back in session. Hopefully our summer camp kids will talk about their time at Fairfield […]
Help Us Enrich the African American Story at Fairfield Archaeology Park
By Sara Lewis, Fairfield Foundation Development Officer The Fairfield Foundation, a 501(c)3 organization in Gloucester, Virginia, has used its flagship Fairfield/Carter’s Creek archaeological site in White Marsh as one of […]
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