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Historic Preservation

The Williamsburg Chapter, NSDAR, supports an array of projects to help preserve our heritage, including:

  • Restoring and maintaining historical sites.

  • Locating, restoring, and marking Revolutionary War Patriot gravesites and headstones.

  • Organizing and contributing to major restorations, commemorations, and memorials.

  • Placing markers to memorialize people and events throughout American history.

  • Preserving genealogical records, artifacts, and historical documents and making these items available to the public at DAR Headquarters.

 

Revolutionary War Patriot  Marker Dedication

On November 17, 2024, the Williamsburg Chapter, NSDAR dedicated a new Revolutionary Patriot Marker in Cedar Grove Cemetery for Thomas Griffin Peachy. 

America 250 Patriot Marker Dedication

On November 3, 2023, the Williamsburg Chapter, NSDAR, dedicated an America 250 Patriots Marker in Bicentennial Park.  America 250 Commendation Medals were presented to three honorees from the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation and Mayor Pons presented a Mayoral Proclamation from the city.

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Restoration of Historic Oak Grove Cemetery

The Williamsburg Chapter was honored to partner with Historic Oak Grove Baptist Church to preserve the church’s rediscovered cemetery. Ten historically accurate tombstones were provided by the chapter, and Oak Grove Baptist Church hosted a beautiful Service of Dedication on September 22, 2025, to commemorate this meaningful project and honor those it remembers. 

Grave Marker Dedication

On April 11, 2025, members of the Williamsburg Chapter, DAR marked the grave of Organizing Regent Agnes Dixon Foster at her final resting place in Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond.

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July 4th at Berkeley Plantation

On July 4 each year, the chapter hosts a wreath-laying ceremony in the Harrison Family Cemetery at Berkeley Plantation in Charles City, Virginia. Berkeley Plantation was the home of Benjamin Harrison V, a signer of the Declaration of Independence.  Members of the Descendants of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence are invited to attend this annual event.  

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