Join acclaimed sportswriter S. L. Price (@byslprice ) during the NCAA Men’s Lacrosse Tournament for a special conversation on the origins, cultural significance, and evolution of one of America’s oldest sports.
Presented by our #VABookCenter, this event explores the history and enduring impact of lacrosse through the lens of Price’s latest work, “The American Game: History and Hope in the Country of Lacrosse.”
🥍 Learn more: https://loom.ly/_4SjyY8 #Virginia #Humanities #Cville #UVA #NCAA #Lacrosse
#OTD in 1776, Virginia gave Congress a push towards declaring independence. The Fifth Virginia Convention unanimously adopted a resolution that instructed the Virginia delegates in Congress to introduce a motion “to declare the United Colonies free and independent states.” Young James Madison joined the twenty-eight-member committee to prepare a new plan of government. https://loom.ly/9fwf7nI
We’re grateful to @LynchburgLiving for spotlighting the vibrant music culture of Lynchburg in “The Living Music of the Hill City” — and for highlighting the work of our grantee helping keep these creative traditions thriving. Stories like these remind us how local arts and culture strengthen communities and connect people across Virginia. Thank you for the thoughtful coverage!
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Many thanks to @wvtfradioiq for their segment featuring #EncyclopediaVirginia's latest EntryPoint talk about the Albemarle Barracks!
After a grueling march all the way from Cambridge, Massachusetts to Charlottesville, Virginia, British and German prisoners from the Battles of Saratoga were met with a "profoundly disappointing" barracks.
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EV Entrypoint talks are free, virtual, and offered nearly every month.
📹 Kevin Shaw says across Virginia and especially in the Shenandoah Valley, any time you find a stone building or wall, people tend to attribute it to Hessian soldiers who settled there after the Revolution.
What do these German soldiers have to do with Charlottesville's Barracks Road?
Find out and learn what happened to them in this #EncyclopediaVirginia EntryPoint conversation.
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Be sure to register for tomorrow's #EncyclopediaVA EntryPoint! Travis Shaw of the Virginia Piedmont Heritage Area will speak with EV managing editor Patti Miller about the history of the prisoner-of-war camp that gave Barracks Road its name and housed thousands of British and Hessian POWs and their families during the Revolutionary War. Co-sponsored by the Albemarle Charlottesville Historical Society.
Register here: https://loom.ly/bQtBnw4
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Applications for VA250 grants are currently open!
We have teamed up with @varevolution250 to provide another round of funding for projects focused on the American Revolution.
This is our fourth year of partnering with the VA250 Commission to fund local projects in communities across the commonwealth that explore the American Revolution and its legacy.
Applicants may apply for up to $10,000, and a 1:1 match is required. The deadline to apply is July 31, 2026.
🔗 Learn more and apply by July 31: https://loom.ly/3n0xSJo
We’re excited to celebrate six incredible Virginia educators!
Meet the 2026–2027 Virginia Humanities K–12 Educator Fellows, who are bringing history, culture, and storytelling to life in their classrooms every day. Over the next nine months, they’ll work together to create new resources to share with educators statewide.
🎉 Read more: https://loom.ly/aeofjbU
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Don't miss this opportunities to find stories, community, and connection across the commonwealth, both in person and online.
Explore all upcoming events at https://loom.ly/AF5xC3w
Did you know that a prisoner-of-war camp near Charlottesville had a population double that of Williamsburg in 1780?
Join us for the next #EncyclopediaVA EntryPoint on May 6 to learn about the Albemarle Barracks, home nearly 4,000 British and Hessian prisoners of war and their families during the Revolutionary War. Co-sponsored by the Albemarle Charlottesville Historical Society.
Register here: https://loom.ly/bQtBnw4
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New from #VAFolklife: “Dance Revolution” will explore how communities across Virginia are coming together through movement, tradition, and shared experience 💃
This year-long initiative partners with five dance groups to highlight the power of social dance as a democratic, living art form that connects people across cultures and generations. The project will culminate at the 2026 Richmond Folk Festival, with a video podcast series and community-centered programming along the way.
From Indigenous dance traditions to soul line dancing, bomba, and Bharatanatyam, “Dance Revolution” celebrates the many ways Virginians express identity, history, and joy through dance.
🔗 Read more: https://loom.ly/xB-ttZ4
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Blending archival photographs, primary documents, timelines and narrative snapshots, Emma Ito will highlight both well-known and lesser-told local histories, from World War II Japanese American incarceration in Norfolk to the stories of early immigrants at Virginia universities.
May 6 at Library of Virginia in Richmond. Link below.
