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SUMMARY:Focus Weekend: Tobacco
DESCRIPTION:Visit the park to experience our third Focus Weekend featuring tobacco. Production of tobacco was a vital agricultural product and business in Virginia and still is today. The 19th century saw Southside Virginia produce large amounts of tobacco and the park’s Tudor Hall Plantation grew the plant as a cash crop. Programs throughout the day will explore various aspects of tobacco from production to uses by soldiers during the Civil War and  beyond. \n12:00 p.m. Tudor Hall Plantation Tour \nThis tour will guide visitors through Tudor Hall Plantation where they will see a 19th century plantation and learn about the roles of the farmers\, enslaved population\, merchants and various products made from tobacco. \n1:00 p.m. Tobacco and the Breakthrough Battlefield \nThe forms of tobacco used by soldiers from comfort to trade will be discussed at the park’s recreated Military Encampment and a brief tour of the Breakthrough Battlefield will follow. \n3:00 p.m. Tobacco in the Civil War and Beyond \nThis presentation will explore the different uses of tobacco by Union and Confederate soldiers and the mythology around it’s use by General U.S. Grant. Additionally\, participants will  learn about the post-war popularity and the birth of the Havana cigar culture\, which persists to the present day. \nFocus Weekend Programs are included with paid daily park admission from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM. One of “Virginia’s Best Places to Visit” according to the Travel Channel\, and designated as a National Historic Landmark\, Pamplin Historical Park & The National Museum of the Civil War Soldier is a 424-acre Civil War campus located in Dinwiddie County\, Virginia offering a combination of high-tech museums and hands-on experiences. The Park has four world-class museums and four antebellum homes. The Park is also the site of The Breakthrough Battlefield of April 2\, 1865.
URL:https://pamplinpark.org/event/focus-weekend-tobacco/
CATEGORIES:arts & culture,education,history talks,living history,outdoors,tobacco
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SUMMARY:2026 Symposium Optional Tour: The Battle of North Anna
DESCRIPTION:Every symposium begins with our optional tour which takes attendees on a day-long related adventure prior to the first evening speaker on Friday. This year\, you can join Pamplin Park staff as we explore the often forgotten Battle of North Anna. Sandwiched between the brutal bookends of Spotsylvania and Cold Harbor\, The Battle of North Anna is filled with stories of opportunities found and lost\, acts of bravery and cowardice\, strategic brilliance and tactical failure. \nThe tour will leave from the National Museum of the Civil War Soldier at Pamplin Historical Park promptly at 8:00 a.m. and return by 5:00 p.m. Stops will include the Massaponax Church\, Carmel Baptist Church\, The Fox House at Ellington Manor\, North Anna Battlefield Park and others along the way. A catered lunch will be provided (included in your registration fee). Reservations are required and space is limited. Registration is on a first-come\, first-served basis. Full payment is due upon registration. Refunds will be issued\, minus a $10 administrative fee\, through September 25\, 2026. No refunds will be issued after that date. \nSpace is limited and preregistration is required. The cost for non-members is $149 per person and you can download the registration form by clicking here or call Amanda Bennett at (804) 861-2408\, extension 103 to register over the phone.
URL:https://pamplinpark.org/event/2026-symposium-optional-tour-the-battle-of-north-anna/
CATEGORIES:arts & culture,history talks,outdoors,symposium,tours
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