Historic Dayton Welcome Center

10/19/2026

🔥🎃 WE NEED YOUR HELP, DAYTON! 🎃🔥

The Town of Dayton LOVES hosting our annual Bonfire & Trick-or-Treat Trail, but we can't make this fun-filled community tradition happen without YOU! 🧡

🍬 WE NEED MORE TRICK-OR-TREAT TRAIL HOSTS! 🍬

We're looking for groups, organizations, and businesses willing to set up a spot along the trail and hand out candy to all the little ghosts, goblins, princesses, and superheroes!

👻 Girl Scouts & Boy Scouts
🎃 Church Groups & Youth Groups
🍭 Local Businesses
🧡 Civic Organizations
🍬 Families & Groups of Friends

📅 Saturday, October 24, 2026

This is such a fun way to get involved, give back to our community, and help create special memories for our local children!

We would LOVE to have more groups participate this year!

📞 Interested? Contact the Town of Dayton at 540-879-2241 or email [email protected] to sign up!

🧡 PLEASE SHARE THIS POST! Help us spread the word so we can fill the trail with candy, smiles, and Halloween fun!

🎃🍬 Let's make this year's Bonfire & Trick-or-Treat Trail one to remember! 🍬🎃

10/16/2026

Please make note! The intersection will be closed during paving, approximately 7 pm to 2 am on Tuesday, October 20. No traffic will be allowed through the intersection. Traffic will be detoured down Westview St and Bowman Rd.

10/16/2026

Today!

What can a quilt reveal about American history? Quite a lot, as it turns out! From the nation's Centennial in 1876 to its 250th anniversary, commemorative quilts have documented important events, celebrated milestones, and reflected the changing values of American society.

Join us TODAY - October 16 - for "Stitching Time: Commemorative American Quilts," a fascinating FREE presentation by acclaimed quilt historian and author Sandra Sider, presented in partnership with Rocktown History HRHS.

📍 Rocktown History, 382 High Street, Dayton, VA
Friday, October 16 | 10:30–11:30 a.m.
FREE admission!

Sandra's book, "Commemorative American Quilts: Stitching Our Heritage from 1876 to Today," will also be available for purchase at the event.

10/15/2026

The Town of Dayton is completing an update of their Comprehensive Plan. This page houses the public engagement for this process.

10/15/2026

Are you ready for the cold weather yet? We now have Rocktown History HRHS hoodie sweatshirts for sale in the gift shop! Soft and cozy 🤗

10/13/2026

This tree in Dayton is really making a show!!

10/12/2026

📅HAPPENING NEXT FRIDAY (Oct. 16) from 10:30 am - 11:30 am at Rocktown History HRHS (382 High Street, Dayton, VA). We're excited to partner with Rocktown History for "Stitching Time: Commemorative American Quilts" with art historian, curator, and author Sandra Sider!

A quilt created to commemorate an anniversary or historic event gives us something remarkable: a glimpse of how people understood their own time. Drawing from her new book, "Commemorative American Quilts: Stitching Our Heritage from 1876 to Today," Sandra will examine these works as historical documents in cloth and explore what they can teach us about American life across 150 years.

→ Make plans to join us! Learn more at https://www.rocktownhistory.org/upcoming-events/stitching-time-american-quilts/ or visit vaquiltmuseum.org and choose the "Events" tab.

10/12/2026

Friday, October 16
10:30–11:30 a.m.
📍 Rocktown History HRHS
382 High Street, Dayton, VA
FREE!

Quilts can preserve far more than patterns and stitches. They can preserve a moment in time.
We're partnering with to welcome noted quilt historian Sandra Sider for "Stitching Time: Commemorative American Quilts."

Sandra will look at commemorative quilts created from 1876 to today and what they reveal about American identity, civic life, rights, race, women’s roles, memory, and change.

🧵 Join us for this fascinating look at American history through cloth.
→ Event details: https://www.rocktownhistory.org/upcoming-events/stitching-time-american-quilts/
→ You can also visit vaquiltmuseum.org and choose the "Events" tab.