New Market Heights battlefield acquisition expands land preservation efforts, sets stage for 3.2-mile trail
As envisioned, the New Market Heights Trail will be a 3.2-mile shared-used path connecting Four Mile Creek Park and Deep Bottom Park. The trail will highlight how 14 members of the U.S. Colored Troops played a central role in the Union victory in the Battle of New Market Heights and subsequently became the first Black soldiers to earn the Medal of Honor.
Revolutionary history rolls into Henrico’s Dorey Park June 20-21
The VA250 Mobile Museum Experience, “Out of Many, One,” will visit Dorey Park in Henrico County from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday, June 20 and from 4 to 10 p.m. Saturday, June 21 Continue reading Revolutionary history rolls into Henrico’s Dorey Park June 20-21