Do you have what it takes to survive? Take a step back into history to find out. In 1607, settlers…
Jessi DiPetteOctober 11, 2018
Born in Norfolk, Virginia, Evelyn T. Butts was orphaned at the age of 10, worked as a seamstress, and supplemented…
VilaAugust 23, 2018
Dr. Charles Marsh will discuss the religious beliefs behind the American civil rights movement and highlight the women who enacted…
VilaAugust 23, 2018
In recognition of the 400th anniversary of the arrival of the first Africans to Virginia in 1619, the 2019 Umoja…
VilaAugust 23, 2018
Upon safe arrival at Berkeley Hundred on December 4, 1619, a group of English settlers held a ceremony of Thanksgiving,…
VilaAugust 23, 2018
Virginia Arts Festival, in partnership with American Evolution, has commissioned a new ballet from Dance Theater of Harlem, which will…
VilaAugust 23, 2018
To commemorate the 400th Anniversary of the arrival of the first enslaved Africans in English North America, the 2019 Commemoration showcases…
aenative2August 22, 2018
The first general assembly composed of men from each of Virginia’s eleven major settlements met for the first time at…
aenative2August 22, 2018
American Evolution commemorates the 400th anniversary of the first representative assembly in the western hemisphere, which was held in Jamestown’s…
aenative2August 22, 2018
