history talks
Black History Month at Pamplin: Elizabeth Keckley
Pamplin Historical Park 6125 Boydton Plank Road, Petersburg, VA, United StatesJoin Wayne Tucker as he speaks on the intriguing life of Elizabeth Keckley. Keckley was born enslaved and lived in Dinwiddie County and Petersburg as a young girl. She eventually purchased her freedom with her seamstress skills after being moved to Missouri. With her freedom, she became the premier dress maker in Washington D.C., just... Read more »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
