history talks
Black History Month at Pamplin: Sojourner Truth
Pamplin Historical Park 6125 Boydton Plank Road, Petersburg, VA, United StatesCharmaine Crowell-White will provide a first-person portrayal of famed abolitionist and women’s rights activist Sojourner Truth. Born Isabella in the late 1790s, in New York State, Truth escaped to freedom and became a noted champion of human rights. Black History Month events are included with regular paid Park admission or active Park memberships.
Black History Month at Pamplin: African-American Genealogy Workshop
Pamplin Historical Park 6125 Boydton Plank Road, Petersburg, VA, United States"Beyond Harriet Tubman and Booker T. Washington - Uncovering Your Own Black History." African-American genealogy workshop led by Natonne Elaine Kemp.
Black History Month at Pamplin: Virginia’s Enslaved Cooks
Pamplin Historical Park 6125 Boydton Plank Road, Petersburg, VA, United StatesDr. Kelley Deetz will speak on her recently published book, Bound to the Fire: How Virginia’s Enslaved Cooks Helped Invent American Cuisine. A limited number of books will be available for purchase and signing. Following Dr. Deetz’s talk, Wisteria Perry will provide a tour of the recreated Tudor Hall kitchen quarter and explain how plantation... Read more »
Petersburg Civil War Round Table at Pamplin
Pamplin Historical Park 6125 Boydton Plank Road, Petersburg, VA, United StatesPamplin Historical Park & The National Museum of the Civil War Soldier has established a new Civil War Roundtable and it’s meetings are held on the first Thursday of each month at 7:00 p.m. in the Park’s Education Center. This month John Quarstein, Director Emeritus of The Monitor Center will be speaking on sailor crews of the U.S.S.... Read more »
Petersburg Civil War Round Table at Pamplin
Pamplin Historical Park 6125 Boydton Plank Road, Petersburg, VA, United StatesPamplin Historical Park & The National Museum of the Civil War Soldier has established a new Civil War Roundtable and it’s meetings are held on the first Thursday of each month at 7:00 p.m. in the Park’s Education Center. This month Chris Mackowski, Co-Editor of the Emerging Civil War Series and author of Combat at Spotsylvania’s Bloody... Read more »
Petersburg Civil War Round Table at Pamplin
Pamplin Historical Park 6125 Boydton Plank Road, Petersburg, VA, United StatesPamplin Historical Park & The National Museum of the Civil War Soldier has established a new Civil War Roundtable and it’s meetings are held on the first Thursday of each month at 7:00 p.m. in the Park’s Education Center. This month Brian Steel Wills, Professor of History at Kennesaw St. Univ., Inglorious Passages: Non-Combat Deaths in... Read more »
The War Outside My Window Book Signing Event
Pamplin Historical Park 6125 Boydton Plank Road, Petersburg, VA, United StatesJoin editor Janet Elizabeth Croon for a discussion and signing of a Civil War Title: The War Outside My Window: The Civil War Diary of LeRoy Wiley Gresham, 1860-1865. LeRoy Gresham was born in 1847 to an affluent and prominent slaveholding family in Macon, Georgia. As a young child he suffered a horrific leg and... Read more »
Independence Day
Pamplin Historical Park 6125 Boydton Plank Road, Petersburg, VA, United StatesOn Wednesday, July 4th, come for an Independence Day tribute. See an artillery firing and color guard during a patriotic ceremony. Join us for living history programs and demonstrations by costumed interpreters. See a Civil War era baseball demonstration and see a Revolutionary War presentation by historical interpreters.. See what life was really like for the common... Read more »
5th Annual W. Britain Model Figure Symposium
Pamplin Historical Park 6125 Boydton Plank Road, Petersburg, VA, United StatesContact: Ericka Osen ( erickaosen@wbritain.com ) Phone: 419-865-5077 Location: Pamplin Historical Park, Petersburg, Virginia SAVE THE DATE!!! We are pleased to announce that the 5th Annual W.Britain Toy Soldier & Model Figure Symposium will be held at the Park on July 27-28-29, 2018. Click here 2018 Symposium Flyer Press Quality for event information and the line-up of speakers, tours and hotel details.... Read more »
Petersburg Civil War Round Table at Pamplin
Pamplin Historical Park 6125 Boydton Plank Road, Petersburg, VA, United StatesPamplin Historical Park & The National Museum of the Civil War Soldier has established a new Civil War Roundtable and it’s meetings are held on the first Thursday of each month at 7:00 p.m. in the Park’s Education Center. This month legendary Civil War historian James I. "Bud" Robertson be speaking. The Petersburg Civil War Roundtable, founded... Read more »