Urbanna celebrates Founders Day with procession, speakers, displays

August 7, 2025

Updated: August 7, 2025

By Southside Sentinel

founders-procession — Dozens participate in a procession down Virginia Street Saturday en route to Urbanna Baptist Church for a special annual Urbanna Founders Day presentation. (Photo by Don Richeson)

founders-gravatt — Lansdowne’s Col. Arthur Broaddus “AB” Gravatt III’s stylish colonial costume offers an interesting contrast to his modern-day form of transportation as he joins folks in listening to the Founders Day opening ceremony. (Photo by Don Richeson)

founders-camp — Portraying Jamestown colonist Anas Todkill, Willie Balderson of Shacklefords describes life in 1600s Virginia to Cole Bray, 6, a visitor from New Kent. Staying in character, Balderson described exploring in a shallop with Capt. John Smith. (Photo by Don Richeson)

founders-explorer — Deltaville Maritime Museum (DMM) rep Victoria Voights, right, talks with Locust Hill’s Dennis Pace about DMM’s replica of the 1607 Explorer that was on display in Urbanna for Founders Day. (Photo by Don Richeson)

“George Wythe,” left, portrayed by Robert Weathers, and “Thomas Jefferson,” portrayed by Kurt Benjamin Smith, entertained a standing room only Urbanna Baptist Church sanctuary Saturday during the annual Urbanna Founders Day activities. The historical interpreters spoke on the topic, “Is Liberty Worth War?” Both agreed on stage it was, as did Jefferson and Wythe in real life. (Photo by Larry Chowning)

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