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SUMMARY:Death of an Assassin Book Signing
DESCRIPTION:  \nFrom the depths of German and American archives comes a story one soldier never wanted told. The first volunteer killed defending Robert E. Lee’s position in battle was really a German assassin. After fleeing to the United States to escape prosecution for murder\, the assassin enlisted in a German company of the Pennsylvania Volunteers in the Mexican-American War and died defending Lee’s battery at the Siege of Veracruz in 1847. Lee wrote a letter home\, praising this unnamed fallen volunteer defender. Military records identify him\, but none of the Americans knew about his past life of crime. \nBefore fighting with the Americans\, Lee’s defender had assassinated Johann Heinrich Rieber\, mayor of Bönnigheim\, Germany\, in 1835. Rieber’s assassination became 19th-century Germany’s coldest case ever solved by a non–law enforcement professional and the only 19th-century German murder ever solved in the United States. Thirtyseven years later\, another suspect in the assassination who had also fled to America found evidence in Washington\, D.C.\, that would clear his own name\, and he forwarded it to Germany. The German prosecutor Ernst von Hochstetter corroborated the story and closed the case file in 1872\, naming Lee’s defender as Rieber’s murderer. \nRelying primarily on German sources\, Death of an Assassin tracks the never-before-told story of this German company of Pennsylvania volunteers. It follows both Lee’s and the assassin’s lives until their dramatic encounter in Veracruz and picks up again with the surprising case resolution decades later. \nThis case also reveals that forensic ballistics—firearm identification through comparison of the striations on a projectile with the rifling in the barrel—is much older than previously thought. History credits Alexandre Laccasagne for inventing forensic ballistics in 1888. But more than 50 years earlier\, Eduard Hammer\, the magistrate who investigated the Rieber assassination in 1835\, used the same technique to eliminate a forester’s rifle as the murder weapon. A firearms technician with state police of Baden-Württemberg tested Hammer’s technique in 2015 and confirmed its efficacy\, cementing the argument that Hammer\, not Laccasagne\, should be considered the father of forensic ballistics. \nThe roles the volunteer soldier/assassin and Robert E. Lee played at the Siege of Veracruz are part of American history\, and the recordbreaking\, 19th-century cold case is part of German history. For the first time\, Death of an Assassin brings the two stories together. \nAnn Marie Ackermann will be speaking on the subject of her recently published book\, Death of an Assassin. Copies of the book will be available for purchase and author signing. The event is free with your Pamplin Historical Park membership or paid park admission.
URL:https://pamplinpark.org/event/death-assassin-book-signing/
LOCATION:Pamplin Historical Park\, 6125 Boydton Plank Road\, Petersburg\, VA\, 23803\, United States
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SUMMARY:Healing Blue & Gray
DESCRIPTION:Neither the Union or the Confederacy was prepared for the huge numbers of sick and wounded soldiers produced by the Civil War armies. Come hear Park historian Gary Helm discuss the state of medical science in 1861 and some of the procedures courageously conducted by surgeons to help save as many lives as possible. Included with regular paid Park admission or free for Park members.
URL:https://pamplinpark.org/event/healing-blue-gray/
LOCATION:Pamplin Historical Park\, 6125 Boydton Plank Road\, Petersburg\, VA\, 23803\, United States
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SUMMARY:Reflect & Respect: African-American History Weekend
DESCRIPTION:Come learn about the richness of African-American history and heritage at Pamplin Historical Park and The National Museum of the Civil War Soldier. There will be plenty of educational and entertaining offerings both days\, including tours\, presentations\, living history performances\, music\, storytelling\, demonstrations and much more.  \nHarriet Tubman will be portrayed by Charmaine Crowell-White at the Park’s Field Quarter Cabin. Tubman was a “conductor” on the Underground Railroad and rescued 300 slaves to freedom. She also served as a spy for the Union during the Civil War. Join Charmaine Crowell-White as she brings this American icon to life. \nLiving-historian\, Wisteria Perry will perform period demonstration cooking and share African-American storytelling traditions in the Tudor Hall Plantation kitchen and Field Quarters. \nJoseph McGill of the Slave Dwelling Project will share his experiences from visiting and preserving slave dwellings across the nation as he reflects on the original slave quarters at the historic Banks House. McGill has reached 90 sites in over 18 states and engages diverse audiences by conducting programs\, giving lectures\, and spending nights in the dwellings himself. \nLiving-historians will portray African-American soldiers of the original 5th U.S.C.T. which served with Union forces during the Civil War. They will perform drill demonstrations\, rifle firing and present a lecture titled\, “Victors Not Victims: The U.S.C.T. in the Civil War”. \nCivil War musical selections will be performed by the Haversacks & Hardtack String Band. Through the stories and songs of the common Civil War soldier that rose from bloody battlefields; from those that emanated from quiet parlors of the folks back home\, and transcended the anguish of the slave quarter–music from this period in history gave hope for better times\, consoled endless sorrow\, and inspired the ideal of freedom. \nThis special event is included with regular museum admission or is free to Pamplin Historical Park members.
URL:https://pamplinpark.org/event/reflect-respect-african-american-history-weekend/
LOCATION:Pamplin Historical Park\, 6125 Boydton Plank Road\, Petersburg\, VA\, 23803\, United States
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SUMMARY:Toys For Tots Collection
DESCRIPTION:Pamplin Historical Park & The National Museum of the Civil War Soldier is proud to be a collection point for Toys for Tots from November 20 through December 9\, 2017. Park admission is not required to drop off a gift. \nVisitors are invited to bring a new unwrapped gift during this time to the Park for distribution to under-privileged children whose parents cannot afford to buy gifts for Christmas. This coincides with the mission of the Toys for Tots program which “is to collect new\, unwrapped toys during October\, November and December each year\, and distribute those toys as Christmas gifts to needy children in the community in which the campaign is conducted.” \nThe stated goal is to “deliver\, through a new toy at Christmas\, a message of hope to less fortunate youngsters that will assist them in becoming responsible\, productive\, and patriotic citizens.” \nThe Toys for Tots program was founded in 1947 and is operated by the United States Marine Corps Reserve. As of 2016\, the Toys for Tots Program and Foundation have collected and distributed more than 512 million toys.
URL:https://pamplinpark.org/event/toys-tots-collection/
LOCATION:Pamplin Historical Park\, 6125 Boydton Plank Road\, Petersburg\, VA\, 23803\, United States
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