By Staff Reports on 17 June 2009
[ 20 June 2009; 11:00 am to 12:00 pm. ] On Saturday, June 20, at 11 a.m. the Taylor-Wilson Camp #10 and Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War will dedicate a monument in honor of the young private who won the Congressional Medal for valor and to the memory of the 12 men who died on ground which would become the Lynchburg College campus.
Posted in Calendar, Events, People, Places | Tagged Civil War, Lynchburg College, Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War, Union Army
By Staff Reports on 8 June 2009
[ 11 July 2009; 7:00 pm; 14 July 2009; 7:00 pm; 18 July 2009; 7:00 pm; 21 July 2009; 7:00 pm; 25 July 2009; 7:00 pm; 28 July 2009; 7:00 pm; 8 August 2009; 7:00 pm; 1 July 2011; 7:00 pm; ] Appomattox Court House National Historical Park will host its 13th annual Civil War summer day camps. This year there are two different themes offered. First, the traditional Civil War day camp will be held on July 11, 14, 25, 28, and August 1 (Saturdays and Tuesdays).
Posted in Calendar, Events | Tagged Appomattox Court House National Park, Civil War, summer day camp
By Suzanne Ramsey on 16 March 2009
[ 13 June 2009; 9:30 am to 4:00 pm. ] The Tusculum Institute, a center for historic preservation located at Sweet Briar College, will host a workshop, “Teaching with Historic Places,” from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, June 13 at the Florence Elston Inn & Conference Center.
Posted in Calendar, Events, Places | Tagged National Park Service's Heritage Education Services, Sweet Briar College, The Tusculum Institute
By Staff Reports on 1 March 2009
[ 4 June 2009 to 5 June 2009. ] The Liberty University History Department and the National D-Day Memorial Foundation announce a call for papers on topics related to the preparation for, the execution of, and the impact of D-Day, June 6, 1944.
Posted in Calendar, Conferences | Tagged Alex Kershaw, Gerhard Weinberg, Liberty University, National D-Day Memorial, World War II
By Staff Reports on 26 December 2008
[ 1 March 2009 to 15 October 2009. ] “Jamestown and Bermuda: Virginia Company Colonies,” a special exhibition March 1 through October 15, 2009, at Jamestown Settlement, a state-operated museum of 17th-century Virginia, will examine the shared history and links between England’s first two permanent colonies in the New World.
Posted in Calendar, Events, News, Places
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