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April 24, 2019 By Fairfield Foundation 1 Comment

Delving into Gloucester’s Public School Past

Guest blog written by Colleen Betti, current doctoral candidate at UNC-Chapel Hill and long-time Fairfield Foundation friend. In 1912, Gloucester County’s surveyor and superintendent of public schools, R.A. Folkes, illustrated a map showing all of the public schools in the county. At the time, he identified 20 black schools and 20 white schools.  This nearly […]

Filed Under: Education, Preservation Tagged With: 19th century, 20th century, education, gloucester, local history, public education, public schools, segregation

February 25, 2019 By Fairfield Foundation 7 Comments

Irene Morgan: Virginia’s Freedom Fighter

Irene Morgan             In 1944, a woman named Irene Morgan was riding a bus from Hayes to her home in Baltimore.  Ms. Morgan was at a hard point in her life.  She was a mother to several children and had just suffered a painful and dangerous pregnancy ending in miscarriage.  After an operation associated with this, […]

Filed Under: Preservation Tagged With: 20th century, Black History Month, Civil Rights, Gloucester County, local history, Oral History

January 12, 2018 By Fairfield Foundation 3 Comments

Cemetery Preservation in Mathews

The Fairfield Foundation is coordinating a Cemetery Preservation Day in Mathews County. Read on to learn how you can be a part of this exciting project! The Brooks cemetery is overgrown with trees and brush. The New Point Comfort Natural Area Preserve in Mathews County is beautiful for many reasons. The boardwalk provides fantastic views […]

Filed Under: Archaeology, Education, Events, Preservation Tagged With: 19th century, 20th century, Brooks Site, Cemetery, Community Preservation, Family History, Geneaology, Hudgins, Mathews, New Point, Preservation, Tombstones, Volunteer

December 14, 2015 By Fairfield Foundation 3 Comments

Beneath the overgrowth: Rediscovering forgotten history at East End Cemetery

We had a profound experience when we volunteered at the East End Cemetery in Richmond last weekend.  This historically black, privately-owned cemetery was established in 1897 but largely abandoned by the late 1970s.  Currently the subject of a community-led preservation effort, it is a place of awe and mystery.  Thousands of the city’s residents are […]

Filed Under: Education, Preservation Tagged With: 20th century, African American cemetery, East End Cemetery, Henrico, Preservation, Richmond

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