Dan Boyer interviews author Jon Kukla at a live event in the Bradley Theater at Hanover Tavern. The event, celebrating our nation’s 250th anniversary, was presented by The Hanover County Historical Society in partnership with the Hanover Tavern Foundation in Hanover, Virginia on June 28, 2026. Hear about the Virginia Declaration of Rights & Religious Freedom and the Constitution of Virginia which would influence documents penned by Thomas Jefferson as well as other state constitutions

After a series of mistrials in a murder case in the state of Virginia, a trial judge closed the trial to the public and the media. Defense counsel brought the closure motion; the prosecution did not object. Two reporters of Richmond Newspapers, Inc. challenged the judge’s action.

Mark Schneider as Marquis de Lafayette. This is part of a live performance that took place on June 25, 2023 in the Bradley Theater at Hanover Tavern. The program was put on by The Hanover County Historical Society. To see more of Mark Schneider as General Lafayette please visit Colonial Williamsburg.

On March 12, 1773, Thomas Jefferson, Patrick Henry and other Virginia lawmakers resolved to create intercolonial Committees of Correspondence — a vital network of communication among the colonies that would prove critical for the Revolutionary movement. On March 12, 2023 a multi-day gathering, called “A Common Cause to All,” was attended by nearly 300 representatives from 34 U.S. states and 50 Virginia localities to exchange ideas and begin collaborating on 250th-anniversary events across the country.

Gary Stauffer talks about the Historic Hanover County Virginia Courthouse and Old Jail. Free guided tours are given the second Thursday of the month from 10:00AM to 2:00PM.

Dendrochronology is the science or technique of dating events, environmental change, and archaeological artifacts by using the characteristic patterns of annual growth rings in timber and tree trunks. In this video Dendrochronologist Michael Worthington demonstrates and explains the process. Filmed at Sycamore Tavern Montpelier, Virginia in Western Hanover County. The results of this work showed the building to have been constructed from timbers felled in the winter of 1798-99.

A look at Lord Dunmore and his role in the Gunpowder Expedition. A talk in Hanover Couthouse by Author and Historian John Pagano.