In recognition of the Virginia Civil War Sesquicentennial, the Hanover Tavern Foundation is conducting its annual Student Essay and Art Contest for Middle and High School students in Central Virginia, the City of Richmond and Hanover County.  First place ($150), second place ($100), and third place ($50) awards will be presented to Middle and High School winners of each category (essay and art).

Using outside resources, students are encouraged to convey, through their artwork or writing, how the Civil War changed the lives of women, ordinary people, families, or emancipated slaves and the relevance of those changes to the story of women, families and African Americans today.  (SOLs VS.7a and b, USII.1a). 

For more information and the registration form please visit www.hanovertavern.org and click on the Educator Resources link or send us an email at

Are you an active adult age 50 or over that loves to travel? Do you love planning trips to exciting new places and meeting new people? If so, the Hanover Senior Travel Commission is in search of you!

The commission has 21 years of dedicated volunteer service to the community and consists of 12 members that represent all voting districts in the county. These volunteer members each serve a two-year term and attend meetings each month where they discuss trip suggestions, research trips and coordinate trip information and logistics.

In early February of 1865, just two months before he was assassinated, President Abraham Lincoln, signed the 13th Amendment Resolution that ended slavery in the United States. A rare copy of that document – also signed by Vice President Hannibal Hamlin, 37 senators and 111 congressmen who supported the resolution – will be on display for the first time in Virginia as part of the Third-Annual Civil War & Emancipation Day April 14 presented by The Future of Richmond’s Past.

The 13th Amendment Resolution, which is on loan from the Gilder Lehrman Collection, can be viewed from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. at the Virginia Historical Society (and again April 15 from 1-5 p.m.).

The document is one of the highlights of Civil War & Emancipation Day, which again will commemorate the 150th anniversaries of the Civil War and the end of American slavery with a free, citywide educational experience from 9 a.m.-5 p.m.