Belle Grove Plantation, a National Trust Historic Site in Virginia, was featured in the 1864 Civil War-era sketches of James E. Taylor, a sketch artist for Leslie’s Illustrated Magazine. Assigned to follow Union General Phillip Sheridan, Taylor sketched many scenes from the Civil War, including the October 19, 1864 Battle of Belle Grove or [...]
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Belle Grove interprets Civil War sketches
Posted in Collections, Education, Interpretation, tagged Belle Grove, Civil War, Interpretation and Education Fund on November 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Interpretation and Education Fund Grants Awarded
Posted in African American history, Education, Historical research, Interpretation, Marketing, Uncategorized, tagged Belle Grove, Chesterwood, Cliveden, Drayton Hall, Interpretation and Education Fund, James Madison's Montpelier, Lyndhurst, Pope-Leighey House, Tenement Museum, Woodlawn on April 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The National Trust for Historic Preservation is pleased to announce the awards from the Interpretation and Education Fund, providing more than $55,000 to eight National Trust Historic Sites.
$10,000 to Woodlawn/Pope-Leighey House for researching and developing interpretive resources for the mid-19th century history of Woodlawn and supporting a public program at Pope-Leighey House to interpret the [...]
Is Your Site a Plantation?
Posted in African American history, Education, Interpretation, Marketing, tagged Belle Grove, Berkeley Plantation, Cliveden, Decatur House, Drayton Hall, James Madison's Montpelier, Mt. Vernon, Oatlands, Shadows on the Teche, Shirley Plantation, Slavery, Woodlawn on January 26, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Someone recently asked me if the official name for one of our Sites was Belle Grove or Belle Grove Plantation. That was an easy question to answer, but it also prompted another one that was much more complex and intriguing. When I joined the staff of the National Trust for Historic Preservation [...]
Belle Grove Threatened by Local Mine Expansion
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Belle Grove, Viewshed, Virginia on November 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Carmeuse Lime & Stone, a Belgium-based mining conglomerate, wants to triple the size of its industrial operation at the Middletown Quarry immediately adjacent to Belle Grove, a National Historic Landmark and a National Trust Historic Site in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. This plan threatens serious long-term harm to the quarry’s neighbors—not only historic sites [...]
NTHS and NTHP at AASLH annual meeting
Posted in Buildings, Collections, Education, Governance, Historical research, Interpretation, Staff, Training, tagged Belle Grove, Drayton Hall, President Lincoln's Cottage, Randi Korn, Tenement Museum, Woodlawn on September 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
National Trust Historic Sites will have a strong presence at the annual meeting of the American Association for State and Local History this week in Rochester, New York. Longtime member Jim Vaughan, Vice President of Historic Sites, will be there along with Stacey Hawkins (Woodlawn/Pope-Leighey House), George McDaniel (Drayton Hall), Renee Epps (Tenement Museum), Erin [...]
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