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The Newington Daylily
The “Newington” Daylily cultivar pictured below is offered by Dalton A. Parker, a Lumpkin descendant, born in Essex County, who now lives in Columbia, SC. Mr. Parker is a researcher genealogist and daylily hybridizer. With this lily he is promoting local King and Queen County history and contributing the proceeds to the King and Queen Read the full article…
Tavern Museum Closes For The 2015 Season
The Courthouse Tavern Museum is closed for the season and will reopen in March, 2016. The date will be posted by February. Hours are Fridays and Saturdays 10-4 pm. Sundays 1-5 pm. Closed on Easter, Mother’s Day, and Father’s Day. The season closes mid-December. Be sure to visit us, a gem in a rural setting. Read the full article…
Courthouse Tavern Museum Holds Annual Open House 2015
On Sunday, December 6th, the King and Queen Historical Society Courthouse Tavern Museum held its annual open house on a glorious sunny, crisp day. In cooperation with the King and Queen School System a music program conducted by Mr. Fielding, music director, was the highlight of the event with approximately 24 seventh grade students from Read the full article…
Who Speaks For The River
On October 25th the King and Queen County Historical Society meeting was held on the banks of the Mattaponi River at historic Whitehall, a handsome brick mansion built before 1780. The group was welcomed by current owner Mrs. Margaret (Peg) Babyak. Ms. Dori Babyak Chappell and Mr. and Mrs. Randy Shank spoke about the importance Read the full article…
Students Experience History
On Friday October 23rd., a beautiful fall day, approximately 25 Central High School juniors participated in a history tour arranged by Ms. Alice Sheley and Mr. Frank Hurst of the Tavern Museum Council in cooperation with Dr. Carol Carter, Superintendent of King & Queen County Schools, and Mr. Chuck Hudson, head of the history department. Read the full article…
Historical Society and Tavern Museum Council Participate in Community Pride Day
Community Pride Day, an annual event sponsored by the King & Queen County School System, is a “fun-for-the family” day at Central High School to encourage a sense of community in a county 65 miles long and 10 miles wide with two elementary schools and one high school. Saturday October 17th, the day of the Read the full article…
2015 Third Quarter Meeting of the King and Queen Historical Society
On July 26, 2015 the King and Queen Historical Society held its third quarter meeting at the New Court House Building, King and Queen Courthouse, Virginia. The new Board, elected in April, assumed their roles for two years, July 2015-2017. They are as follows: President: Dr. A. W. Lewis, Vice President: John Spain, Recording Sec: Read the full article…
World War II Veterans Honored
On Sunday, July 26 at the Quarterly Meeting of the King and Queen Historical Society Nancy Herman-Thompson presented to the audience the joint resolution that the Historical Society was making with the King and Queen County Board of Supervisors commemorating the 70th Anniversary of the end of World War II and honoring all King and Read the full article…
Taylor and Madison Descendants Visit the Courthouse Tavern Museum
The Tavern Museum was delighted to receive a visit from 10 guests descended from the Taylor and Madison families who resided in King and Queen County in the late 1600s and early 1700s. They traveled from California, Indiana, Kentucky, Missouri, Oklahoma, Nebraska, Virginia, Minnesota, New Mexico, and Australia. Steve Taylor arranged the June visit through Read the full article…
Millions of Years Ago in King and Queen County
Dr. Gerald Johnson, Professor Emeritus of Geology, College of William and Mary, enthralled attendees at the April 26, 2015 King and Queen Historical Society meeting with a view of King and Queen County millions of years ago. He described how the land and its environs were physically formed, noting the evidence found in the remains Read the full article…