Archaeological Research Continues This Month

Archaeological research continues at the historic core of Ash Lawn-Highland during the month of April. Rivanna Archaeological Services is conducting excavation Monday through Friday, weather permitting, in the front yard of the ca. 1870 house added by the Massey family. Read More …

Ash Lawn-Highland Wins a WeddingWire Couples’ Choice Award®

WeddingWire Couples' Choice Award 2015

WeddingWire, the nation’s leading online wedding marketplace, named Ash Lawn-Highland, the home of President James Monroe, a winner of the prestigious WeddingWire Couples’ Choice Awards® 2015 for Ceremony & Reception Venue in Charlottesville, Va. The WeddingWire Couples’ Choice Awards® 2015 Read More …

Featured Artisan of the Day: Wednesday, Dec. 17

Daryll Sneden Scarves

Today’s featured artisan is Daryll Sneden. A juried artisan with the Artisans Center of Virginia, Daryll is from Maidens. With career experience in computer technology, she uses a multi-shaft computer-assisted loom to weave what she calls “complex cloth.” Daryll combines old Read More …

White House Taps U.Va., William & Mary, Presidential Homes to Support New Africa Initiatives

Presidential Precinct

WASHINGTON – The Obama administration has selected the Presidential Precinct, comprising two elite universities and three presidential homes in Virginia, to support a new initiative aimed at propelling economic growth, prosperity and democracy in Africa.

The University of Virginia, William & Mary, Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello, James Madison’s Montpelier, James Monroe’s Ash Lawn-Highland andMorven will host 25 promising young African leaders this summer.