Rockbridge Historical Society

Tag: Thomas Jefferson

  • Upcoming Jefferson Events

    Upcoming Jefferson Events

    Throughout the month of March, RHS welcomes Thomas Jefferson back to Rockbridge County: named for the geological wonder he owned for over 50 years … and where you can join us to celebrate his 283rd birthday, in April!!

    📽️ March 10, 6PM: Revolutionary Films: ‘Bi-Focals on Jefferson’

    📖 March 11, 5PM: Jefferson@250 Lecture & Rare Book Showing

    ✒️March 25, 6PM: Revolutionary Books: “The Greatest Sentence Ever Written”

    🎂 April 11, 11AM-3PM: Family-Friendly Birthday Activities at Natural Bridge State Park 

    Read more about these varied and interactive events in our News-Gazette article: offering you different modes of engaging local history, while constellating around an iconic figure, and still-relevant and resonant themes. Thanks to our co-organizing partners:

  • 250th Anniversary: Jefferson Buys the Natural Bridge

    250th Anniversary: Jefferson Buys the Natural Bridge

    Friday, July 5, 11 AM – 4 PM
    Natural Bridge State Park


    On Friday, July 5, join RHS at Natural Bridge State Park to celebrate a very special 250th Anniversary: commemorating Thomas Jefferson’s purchase of The Natural Bridge from King George III, that same day in 1774. 


    11:00 AM ceremonies under the Bridge spotlight local history, and the perspectives of leading state officials.  After a 4th-of-July-style cookout lunch by Cedar Creek, you can choose from an afternoon menu of related presentations on histories of Jefferson and Conservation; Artistic Depictions, and Tourism at the Bridge.

    For the day’s full program, click HERE. For the News-Gazette feature and related backstories, click HERE.