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  • Black History Month at Pamplin: Virginia’s Enslaved Cooks

    Pamplin Historical Park 6125 Boydton Plank Road, Petersburg, VA, United States

    Dr. 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 »

  • Home School Day

    Pamplin Historical Park & The National Museum of the Civil War Soldier is offering a special field trip program this May for home school families and associations. Home School Tours at Pamplin Historical Park include educational programs that use fun, participatory learning techniques to teach historical lessons about life in the nineteenth century. Each Home School... Read more »

  • $1 Days of Summer at Pamplin

    Pamplin Historical Park 6125 Boydton Plank Road, Petersburg, VA, United States

    Pamplin Historical Park & The National Museum of the Civil War Soldier is offering $1.00 general daily admission throughout the summer from Memorial Day May 28 through Labor Day September 3, 2018. This drastically reduced admission rate will allow all people an opportunity to access this amazing facility and share in our national heritage from... Read more »

  • Symposium Tour 2018: Hidden Treasures

    Pamplin Historical Park 6125 Boydton Plank Road, Petersburg, VA, United States

    Join historians for a special tour in conjunction with our 22nd Annual Civil War Symposium on October 19, 2018 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Pamplin Historical Park Executive Director, Jerry "Dez" Desmond will begin the tour at the Park and then lead tour attendees on an experience as the hidden treasures at Fort Lee are revealed... Read more »

  • 22nd Annual Civil War Symposium: First Ladies of Civil War History

    Pamplin Historical Park 6125 Boydton Plank Road, Petersburg, VA, United States

    Join us for our 22nd Annual Civil War Symposium: First Ladies of the Civil War on October 19-21, 2018. This year’s symposium features a first ever all-female award-winning speaker panel of leading Civil War historians from across the country. Symposium topics vary from “Sherman’s March to the Sea” to “The Colors of Courage: Gettysburg’s Forgotten History... Read more »

  • Slavery & Freedom: Lectures & Book Signing

    Pamplin Historical Park 6125 Boydton Plank Road, Petersburg, VA, United States

    “Who freed the slaves?” Since the end of the Civil War this complex question is one that many people have sought to answer definitively. Often due to the many different ways that Americans remember the process of emancipation, its answer remains elusive. However, thinking about this significant question opens opportunities for learning about different historical... Read more »

  • Petersburg Civil War Round Table at Pamplin

    Pamplin Historical Park 6125 Boydton Plank Road, Petersburg, VA, United States

    Join this month's guest speaker James Price of the U.S. Army Women's Museum as he talks about "The Battle of New Market Heights". Price’s presentation titled “Battle of New Market Heights” is based on his first book, “The Battle of New Market Heights: Freedom Will Be Theirs by the Sword,” which was published in 2011. The Journal... Read more »

  • Feeding Body & Soul

    Pamplin Historical Park 6125 Boydton Plank Road, Petersburg, VA, United States

    Feeding Body & Soul programs will include several 30-minute cooking demonstrations at both the Tudor Hall Plantation and the Military Encampment areas. These programs will occur multiple times daily, so that visitors will have several opportunities to view them regardless of when they arrive. Staff in period attire at Tudor Hall will demonstrate open hearth... Read more »

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