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March 15, 2021 By Fairfield Foundation Leave a Comment

Garden Week: Walter Reed Birthplace Open House

When: April 17, 2021 @ 9:30 am – 3:30 pm
Where: Walter Reed Birthplace

Garden Week 2021 will soon be here, and as part of the event, Walter Reed Birthplace will be open for tours on Saturday, April 17, from 9:30 – 3:30. The Middle Peninsula Amateur Radio Club[…]

September 17, 2020 By Fairfield Foundation Leave a Comment

Fairfield Virtual History Marathon

When: October 1, 2020 @ 12:00 am – October 31, 2020 @ 11:45 pm

The weather is getting cooler, and to celebrate, we have the perfect new outdoor fun-raiser to share with you! Join us for the first Fairfield Virtual History Marathon! Register for the virtual marathon for just[…]

August 12, 2020 By Fairfield Foundation Leave a Comment

Virtual Lab Night: Archaeology Pictionary!

When: August 25, 2020 @ 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm

We hope you’ll join us for our next edition of Virtual Lab Night – during actual lab night hours! We’ll be playing archaeology and Fairfield-themed pictionary, virtually of course! The day of the event, we’ll[…]

April 21, 2020 By Fairfield Foundation Leave a Comment

Virtual Lab Night: Archaeology Bingo Edition!

When: April 24, 2020 @ 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm

Hey all you cool cats and kittens! We miss seeing the faces of our volunteers at our weekly public lab nights so much that we’re going to make an attempt at a virtual lab night[…]

April 3, 2020 By Fairfield Foundation Leave a Comment

Virtual History Quiz – Artifacts Edition

When: April 3, 2020 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm

Follow the link to play the Artifacts-themed virtual history quiz! https://kahoot.it/challenge/0768713?challenge-id=473f8e63-6f44-43c0-8c80-301024117529_1585927856182

February 25, 2020 By Fairfield Foundation Leave a Comment

POSTPONED: Middle Peninsula Chapter ASV Meeting: Green Book Lecture

When: March 17, 2020 @ 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm
Where: CAPE

POSTPONED For our March meeting of the Middle Peninsula Chapter of the ASV, we will be featuring a presentation by Dr. David Brown on the Negro Motorist Green Book, an annual guide published between 1936[…]

February 14, 2020 By Fairfield Foundation Leave a Comment

POSTPONED Clean Gloucester Day: Fairfield Property Edition!

When: March 27, 2020 @ 9:00 am – 11:00 am

As part of the county’s Spring Clean Gloucester event for 2020, we’ll be making an effort to clean up the roads that cut through Fairfield’s property. We’ll be specifically focusing on Fairfield Lane and Cedar[…]

February 11, 2020 By Fairfield Foundation Leave a Comment

CANCELLED History Day at Tyndall’s Point

When: March 14, 2020 @ 9:00 am – 1:00 pm
Where: Tyndall's Point

CANCELLED Come celebrate the history of Gloucester Point and visit booths from a variety of organizations inside the Civil War earthworks.

February 6, 2020 By Fairfield Foundation Leave a Comment

POSTPONED HAM Radio Club at Walter Reed Birthplace

When: April 18, 2020 @ 9:00 am – 4:00 pm
Where: Walter Reed Birthplace

On the day of the event, Middle Peninsula Amateur Radio Club members will be at the Walter Reed Birthplace to set up an easy-up, put up their banner, erect an antenna, and install a portable[…]

January 7, 2020 By Fairfield Foundation Leave a Comment

CAPE Artifact Wash Day

When: February 5, 2020 @ 12:00 pm – 3:00 pm

New program in 2019, continuing in 2020 due to its success! In an extension of our popular volunteer lab nights, we will now host a variety of artifact wash days at the CAPE. Any volunteers[…]

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News From the Blog

  • Archaeology is revealing important clues about Woodville School April 7, 2021
  • The Hall Site, Revisited March 8, 2021
  • “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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