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2023-2024 PAST PROGRAMS – WATCH FREE VIDEOS
“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, shows 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.
A Family’s Journey into the Life and Legacy of The Honorable Armistead S. Nickens
Presented February 24, 2024.
Click here for free ZOOM RECORDING with Screen Share format of Slide Presentation.
An alternate Facebook video filmed in the meeting room is available with larger views of the speaker panel but limited views of the slide screen.
A panel of descendants speak about their experiences of discovering and commemorating four centuries of Nickens family history, including 12 veterans of the Revolutionary War and The Honorable Armistead S. Nickens (ca. 1836-1906), a community leader and educational advocate who became Lancaster County’s first Black elected official (VA House of Delegates 1871-1875).
LVHS ANNUAL MEETING AND HISTORY TALK by
Rev. Dr. Lonnie H. Lee, author of The Huguenot-Anglican Refuge in Virginia: Empire, Land, and Religion in the Rappahannock Region
CLICK HERE FOR FREE VIDEO OF OCT 24, 2023 PRESENTATION
Lee’s book tells the history of a Huguenot emigrant community, established in eight counties along the Rappahannock River of Virginia and comprising more than 260 households, that started with the 1687 arrival of John Bertrand, an Anglican-ordained Huguenot minister from France, to Lancaster County. This Huguenot community comes to life through the examination of county court records in Virginia and French Protestant records in England and France. (Book unavailable to purchase at LVHS, please visit your preferred online bookseller).
Author Talk by Margaret L. Forrester and Deborah Beuchelt Walker
Home Birth Records of Dr. Chichester Tapscott Peirce:
Revisited 1900-1919
CLICK HERE FOR FREE VIDEO OF OCT 5, 2023 PRESENTATION
This 2023 book compiles information on 252 home births in 1900-1919 attended by local family physician Dr. C. T. Peirce in both white and black households in Lancaster, Northumberland, and Richmond counties. The records were found by searching through hundreds of birth and delayed birth certificates from the Virginia Office of Vital Records released publicly only after 100 years. The authors speak about their research process, give examples of the birth records and explain the kinds of information they contain, share interesting discoveries, and discuss how these records can be used in conjunction with other available research sources. This is a companion book to Forrester’s 2018 Home Birth Records of Dr. Chichester Tapscott Peirce 1919-1954 which contained entries derived from Dr. Peirce’s office records. Buy the book from LVHS.
An Evening with Pixie E. Curry
“Telling the Stories of the Northern Neck“
CLICK HERE FOR FREE VIDEO OF JULY 18, 2023 PRESENTATION
Ms. Curry, a Kilmarnock native from a family with deep local watermen roots and who grew up here during segregation, discusses some of her personal experiences, her career in public media, and her current work as the host and producer of the web audio series, “A Pixie from Kilmarnock,” where her interviews highlight local people, places, and history, especially documenting Black lives and experiences, to enrich everyone’s understanding of the Northern Neck. www.apixiefromkilmarnock.com.
Author Talk by Jim Bish: The Role of George Washington’s Ball Family Relatives in Telling the Stories of His Life
I Can’t Tell A Lie: Parson Weems and the Truth About George Washington’s Cherry Tree, Prayer at Valley Forge, and Other Anecdotes
CLICK HERE FOR FREE VIDEO OF JUNE 13, 2023 PRESENTATION
For best results, we recommend listening to the audio of the video while viewing the full-size PDF slides at https://tinyurl.com/lvhsbish2023slides.
George Washington had many uncles, aunts, and cousins on his mother’s side who are often overlooked as influencers in his life. The study of Washington’s family circles, neighbors, and other associates reveals much about his non-public life, including sources for many anecdotes of George’s life immortalized by his biographer Parson Weems. Author Jim Bish holds an MA in History and has spent nearly 40 years researching, teaching, and writing about local, regional, and Virginia history. Buy the book from LVHS.
