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UPCOMING PROGRAMS AND EVENTS
USED BOOK REMAINDER SALE
VIRTUAL SHOPPING EXTENDED!
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Lots of great “leftovers” from our big May sale.
(We are not accepting additional donations.)
RECENT PROGRAMS – WATCH THE RECORDINGS
“Costuming from the Past to the Present” by Robert Hundley
Click here to watch the July 18, 2024 recording.
Hundley, a Northumberland-based researcher and creator of historical period garments, will bring examples of costuming and explain how what you wear is the basis for what you portray. Co-hosted in partnership with the Lancaster Community Library’s “A Special Evening With” summer series.
“Indentured Servants in Colonial Lancaster County”
by Margaret Forrester and Karen Hart
Click here to watch the June 27, 2024 recording (Zoom format with screen shared slides).
Click here to download PDF of supplemental handout, “Resources for Researching Indentured Servants in Colonial Lancaster County (and beyond)”
During most of the 17th century, indentured servitude was the primary means of meeting labor needs in the Virginia colony. LVHS genealogy researcher Margaret Forrester and executive director Karen Hart share strategies for searching local and online records and discuss findings from Forrester’s forthcoming book identifying more than 2,000 namings of indentured servants in Lancaster County from 1650 to 1750. Co-hosted in partnership with Lancaster Community Library’s “A Special Evening With” summer series.
A Journey of Ancestral Music and Exploration of the African Ox Flute
with Joshua Allen
Watch the June 22, 2024 recording at https://www.facebook.com/campbellfuneralhome27bluffpointroadkilmarnockva/videos/1028909348793815 courtesy of Campbell Funeral Home/Brenda Campbell. (Facebook account not required! If you get a popup asking for login, just click the X to close it)
Through instrument demonstration, storytelling, song, and oral history passed down over generations, Allen shares the history, tradition, music, and craft of African flutes handmade from ox horns. Program co-hosted by LVHS, the Nickens Family, Historic Christ Church & Museum, Lancaster Community Library, Northern Neck Hidden History Trail, and NNK250.
“The Hinson Boys of St. John’s Street” by Harold Hinson
Watch the June 20, 2024 recording at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6ivOI5tYBs
Hinson speaks about writing his 2023 autobiographical book and shares memories of growing up in downtown Warsaw. Co-hosted in partnership with the Lancaster Community Library’s “A Special Evening With” summer series.
NNK250 2024 Signature Speaker Series
Watch the recordings at nnk250.us/events
NNK250 is a 4-year regional Commemoration of the 250th Anniversary of the American Revolution and its legacy in American history, offering a variety of activities organized by a coalition of representatives from Northern Neck tourism, museums, historic sites, cultural groups, education, economic development, and government agencies. LVHS is an NNK250 partner, but is not responsible for the content or organization of these programs.