Visit the park to experience our second Focus Weekend featuring tobacco. Production of tobacco was a vital agricultural product and business in Virginia and still is today. The 19th century… Read more »
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Roundtable: “Shipwrecked: A True Civil War Story of Mutinies, Jailbreaks, Blockade-Running, and the Slave Trade”
Join Dr. Jonathan White who will present on January 2, 2025 at 7:00 p.m. to the Petersburg Civil War Roundtable. Dr. White will share the ““Shipwrecked: A True Civil War… Read more »
“We Fight for Our Rights” Temporary Exhibit
This new exhibit tells the story of the both the enslaved and free African-Americans who fought for freedom during the American Civil War and their impact on later contributions through… Read more »
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