March Quarterly Meeting
Happy 50th Anniversary, HCHS! Please join Henrico County Historical Society as we celebrate our 50th Anniversary at the Wilton House Museum on June 1! The celebration starts at 2:30PM.
Date and Start Time:
- Sunday
- June 1, 2025
- 2:30 PM
Location:
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- Wilton House Museum
- 215 S Wilton Road
- Richmond, VA 23226
Our 50th Anniversary!
The Society was established as part of Henrico's Bicentennial of the American Revolution commemoration. It is an honor for us to meet at Wilton where George Washington was a guest and where Marquis de Lafayette had his headquarters. We're looking forward to seeing Wilton's new exhibit on Lafayette.
We knew Lafayette and George Washington were guests at Wilton but just found from Washington's diary the following:
March 26, 1775
Washington spends a misty Sunday at Wilton, the home of Anne Harrison Randolph, outside of Richmond. Randolph, the daughter of Benjamin and Anne Carter Harrison of Berkeley, is the widow of William Randolph. Since her husband's death, she has presided over Wilton, which was built in the early 1750s about six miles south of Richmond. Tomorrow, Washington will return to Richmond for the final session of the Second Virginia Convention.
More information to follow. We look forward to celebrating our anniversary with you!
Thank you to and photo courtesy of Wilton House Museum.
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