Virginia--History--Revolution, 1775-1783

Scope and Contents Local, state, and national-level promotional materials and publications from the American Revolution Bicentennial in 1976. Prominent newsletters in the collection include Norfolk Bicentennial News (1975-1976), Virginia Bicentennial Newsletter (1971-1977), and Bicentennial Times (1974-1976). The collection also includes kits of promotional materials compiled by The American Revolution...

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Two 1976 commemorative envelopes, which remember the burning of Norfolk, Virginia on January 1, 1776.

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One index to Minute Book No. 10 (1773-1782), presented to Princess Anne County Court by Great Bridge Chapter, DAR. This copy was presented to the Norfolk Public Library on June 20, 1938 to be placed in the Sargeant Memorial Room.

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Minutes, correspondence, booklets, official programs, maps, and miscellaneous materials relating to the Yorktown Sesquicentennial Celebration in 1931 in Yorktown, Virginia. Organizations represented in the collection include Trustees of the Yorktown Sesquicentennial Association, Assembly of Tidewater Virginia Women, and Norfolk Area Yorktown Committee. Several items appear to have belonged to Mrs. Frantz Naylor of Norfolk, Virginia.