| 4 April 2009 | to | 5 April 2009 |
Retrace Abraham Lincoln’s steps on his visit to Richmond in April 1865, just a few days after the city’s fall to Union forces.
As part of the bicentennial year celebrating Lincoln’s birth, the Valentine Richmond History Center, the National Park Service, the American Civil War Center at Historic Tredegar and the Library of Virginia present a two-day program that will consider the symbolic nature of the occasion which marked both the near-end of a bloody armed conflict and the promise of freedom for enslaved African Americans.
This event is on April 4th and 5th. They will be holding a weekend full of programs, culminating in a walk retracing Lincoln’s steps through downtown Richmond on Sunday April 5th, starting at 17th and Dock streets (across from Bottoms Up Pizza). Visit the Richmond History Center for more information.
