Highland receives prestigious archaeology and leadership awards

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James Monroe’s Highland was recently honored with two prestigious awards in archaeology and leadership. The Council of Virginia Archaeologists awarded Highland with the Michael Allen Hoffman Award for historic preservation.  Highland Executive Director Sara Bon-Harper received the Silver Good Citizenship Read More …

Highland Celebrates One Tribe One Day

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Did you know that James Monroe’s Highland is a part of William & Mary? On Tuesday, March 28, we join the college in celebrating One Tribe One Day, William & Mary’s annual day of giving! Help us discover what’s new Read More …

The Highland Trails Signage Project

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[otw_shortcode_button href=”https://www.givecampus.com/schools/WilliamandMary/the-highland-trails-project” size=”medium” icon_position=”left” shape=”radius” color_class=”otw-blue” target=”_blank”]DONATE NOW![/otw_shortcode_button] James Monroe’s Highland, home of the fifth U.S. president, is the western outpost of William & Mary. It is a historic site where recent research has overturned our understanding of one of Read More …

Science rewrites history at the home of President James Monroe

Recent excavations at Highland—the historic, Charlottesville home of the nation’s fifth president—are upending history. The archaeology, combined with tree-ring dating, shows that the newly discovered foundation, not the modest home still standing on the property, was the Monroe (1799) house. Read More …