"How the Barksdale Theatre Founders Changed Our World...And We Changed Theirs" Bruce Miller, former Founding Artistic Director of Theater IV/Virginia Repertory Theatre for 41 years, will recount stories of courage and chutzpah he learned at the feet of Muriel McAuley and Pete Kilgore, about how the Barksdale Founders changed Virginia, and how Hanovarians quickly earned… Continue reading Speaker Series: The Integration of Barksdale Theatre

Do you ever wonder about the unseen areas within the Tavern?  Curious about the spaces that are “Not Open to the Public” or for “Staff Only”? Are there secrets?  Are there mysteries?  Are there features that cannot be seen on a normal tour?  Of course, there are! Explore the inadmissible, hidden spaces with David Deal,… Continue reading Up the Back Staircase: A Special Behind the Scenes Tour

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The Hanover Tavern Foundation and the living historians of the Virginia Line invite you to attend a unique and exciting Living History Event of the American War for Independence on Saturday, February 17th, 2024, on the grounds of the Hanover Tavern. This year, the Virginia Line is shifting focus to cover the Loyalist side of… Continue reading The American War for Independence: The Loyalists

Hanover Tavern Foundation is pleased to host this special event as part of the Virginia 250th Commemoration. Featuring a discussion on black contributions to American culture and history by Alphine Jefferson, PhD., Professor Emeritus of Black Studies and History at Randolph Macon College and a musical presentation and artwork display by Local Recording Musician &… Continue reading “Working Hands Create a New America”: Black Contributions to American Culture & History

Hanover Tavern Foundation is pleased to host this event as part of Virginia's 250th Commemoration! A journey through the history of African American music in America, featuring two amazing performers: Embark with us on this historical journey as we welcome GLENNROY BAILEY, Adjunct Professor at Virginia Union University - “The Study of Black Music” and… Continue reading “The History of African American Music in America”

Join Transcend Paranormal for an evening unlike any other, as we venture 160 years into the past... The evening will begin at Hanover County’s Cold Harbor Battlefield. This will be only the second time a public investigation has ever been held at the Cold Harbor Battlefield - the first being over 4 years ago. It's time we go back… Continue reading Paranormal Investigation

All That Can Be Expected sheds light on the fateful events of August 16, 1780, that marked the turning point of Great Britain's prospects for victory in the American Revolutionary War. Historian & National Park Service Ranger, Mark Wilcox, discusses the events surrounding one of the worst American military defeats in United States history. This… Continue reading Speaker Series – “All That Can Be Expected”