Lancaster Virginia Historical Society

10/21/2026

100 Years Ago Today: October 21, 1926 in the Rappahannock Record. [Note: Historical material contains outdated, offensive language.] News about the Black community included church happenings at New St. John's Baptist, automobile-related injuries to Roxie Ball and Joseph Beane, and mentions of Clow, Kelly, Laws, Chamberlayne, and Powell. News from Morattico included the sale of E. B. Blackman's oyster business, a new seafood business for John Hopkins Hammell, the birth of Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Henley's daughter, and mentions of Lankford, Sanders, Howeth, Hale, James, Hopkins, Cox, and Woolls.

10/17/2026

Oyster Roast tickets are half gone and the price goes up after next weekend, so don't wait to get yours! Hang with friends at our backyard party and enjoy steamed and raw oysters, Lancaster chicken stew, ham and bean soup, hot dogs, adult beverages, and live acoustic guitar soft rock/country music. Tickets will not be sold at the door! $65 all-inclusive; $75 after Oct 25. Benefits the Historical Society Museum and Library.

10/15/2026

Tickets are still available for this Saturday's event by Historic Christ Church & Museum.

Email from Foundation for Historic Christ Church Meet the stunning Lady Frances Berkeley The Annual John H. Hunt II Chesapeake History Forum Presents: Historian and Thespian Dr. Amy Stallings Saturday

10/14/2026

100 Years Ago Today: October 14, 1926 in the Rappahannock Record. The exciting Keystone Show was advertised coming to Kilmarnock with clowns, acrobats, jugglers, contortionists, trained ponies, monkeys, lions, and more! Car accidents and a work accident at the ice plant made the news from Antipoison, along with social callers. Surnames mentioned are Yerby, Hutchinson, Deppins, Dawson, Dix, Efford, Luckum, Jones, Pittman, Warren, Davis.

10/12/2026

Big THANK YOU to our Nov 14 Oyster Roast "Half-Shell" Sponsors, Wells Fargo Advisors (Welby Saunders and team in the Kilmarnock branch) and Hudson-Blunt Insurance (Billy Hudson). Event info and tickets https://lancastervahistory.org/ . Half-Shell, Big Oyster, and Perfect Pearl business sponsorships available.

10/08/2026

Big THANK YOU to our Nov 14 Oyster Roast "Perfect Pearl" Sponsor, & Company (Kilmarnock Office). Building wealth together since 1863. Event info and tickets https://lancastervahistory.org/

10/07/2026

100 Years Ago Today: October 7, 1926. News from Wicomico Church in the Rappahannock Record. Who was lucky to buy a new "Hupmobile" car and who was unlucky to have a tooth pulled by Dr. Wayman? Who was teaching, who was selling beef, and who was running a sawmill? Surnames mentioned are Harding, Hurst, Tignor, Kent, Mothershead, Blackwell, Shirley, Lewis, Dameron, Dawson, Thrift, Boothe, Dietz, and Christopher.

10/06/2026

A big THANK YOU to our Nov 14 Oyster Roast "Perfect Pearl" Sponsors, Chesapeake Bank and Chesapeake Wealth Management! Founded in Lancaster County and banking "The Chesapeake Way" for 126 years. Event info and tickets https://lancastervahistory.org/

09/30/2026

100 Years Ago Today: September 30, 1926 in the Rappahannock Record. Notice of the opening of the Lively Playhouse, a "handsome new movie house complete in every detail," with about 400 comfortable chairs plus a balcony for another 100 people, for showing "high-class moving pictures" as well as for the "presentation of dramas and other public affairs." The enterprise was promoted by R. O. Norris, Sr. and Jr. , H. U. Dunaway, W. C. Clark, and N. R. Hinton.

09/23/2026

250 Years Ago this Week: Sept 27, 1776 in the Virginia Gazette, an account of June news from Northumberland County. David Ball, David Ball junior, Thomas Waddy, Bartholomew Dameron, and George Ball--all suspected British loyalists--refused to take an oath of allegiance to the American colonies and had to surrender their fi****ms and am******on.