Sewing Activity

Sewing The English colonists 400 years ago of course didn’t have sewing machines, so every single article of clothing had […]

A History Mystery: The Civil War Burials at Henricus

During the Civil War, the commander of the Union Army of the James, General Benjamin Butler, ordered a military canal […]

DID YOU KNOW…between the age of 10 and 15, Powhatan boys were expected to pass a trial into manhood called […]

John Rolfe of the Virginia Colony has a fascinating, controversial, and mysterious history from 1610 through 1622. He was born […]

A History Mystery: The Disappearance of Burgess Thomas Dowse Thomas Dowse was the epitome of a self-made man in the […]

One of the more intriguing couples of the early 1620’s in the Henrico community was John Proctor and his wife, […]

In honor of Black History Month, Henricus is sharing stories of African American soldiers who fought during the Revolutionary and […]

The 1622 Powhatan Military Offensive On the morning of March 22, 1622, many of the English colonists spread across the […]

The Common Wealth of Henryco In later 1613, Sir Thomas Dale was finishing his construction of the “Henryco” and “Coxsonndale” […]

A Collision of Climate in 17th Century Virginia Virginia has always been considered a place of weather extremes. In a […]