The first documented reenactment of the Virginia Convention, held on March 23, 1775, was celebrated on its 152nd anniversary in 1927.

Patrick Henry  was  honored  by  Virginia's  own     Dr. Douglas Southall Freeman portraying the representative from Hanover County.

Governor Swanson (from right) is shown with President Taft, John Satterfield, and John and Frank Bliley in front of St. John's, November 11, 1907.

June 10, 1941, was the bicentennial of the building of St. John's Church. It was a joyous occasion lasting many days and culminating with a speech by Viscount Halifax, British Ambassador to the United States. It was broadcast over WRVA.

A memorial service was held after the death of King George VI of England in 1952. An acolyte holds the British flag, and the Reverend Robert B. Echols (far left, next to the baptismal font) read the morning prayer from the Book of Common Prayer, given to the church by the King in 1941.

The 1931 Sunday School Class photographed inside the brick schoolhouse built in 1835.