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Explore the lives of free Black Virginians from the arrival of the first captive Africans in 1619 to the abolition of slavery in 1865. Through powerful objects and first-person accounts, discover how Virginia’s people of color achieved…

Explore the lives of free Black Virginians from the arrival of the first captive Africans in 1619 to the abolition of slavery in 1865. Through powerful objects and first-person accounts, discover how Virginia’s people of color achieved…

Explore the lives of free Black Virginians from the arrival of the first captive Africans in 1619 to the abolition of slavery in 1865. Through powerful objects and first-person accounts, discover how Virginia’s people of color achieved…

Explore the lives of free Black Virginians from the arrival of the first captive Africans in 1619 to the abolition of slavery in 1865. Through powerful objects and first-person accounts, discover how Virginia’s people of color achieved…

Explore the lives of free Black Virginians from the arrival of the first captive Africans in 1619 to the abolition of slavery in 1865. Through powerful objects and first-person accounts, discover how Virginia’s people of color achieved…

Explore the lives of free Black Virginians from the arrival of the first captive Africans in 1619 to the abolition of slavery in 1865. Through powerful objects and first-person accounts, discover how Virginia’s people of color achieved…

Explore the 250 years of the United States Marine Corps, from the defense of the New Republic and birth of the USMC as a Global Expeditionary Force to the first and second World Wars, to Korea and Vietnam. For each period of history, a…

Explore the lives of free Black Virginians from the arrival of the first captive Africans in 1619 to the abolition of slavery in 1865. Through powerful objects and first-person accounts, discover how Virginia’s people of color achieved…

Presented by the Washington-Lewis Chapter of the National Society Daughters of the Revolution (NSDAR). Learn about your Revolutionary genealogical roots, then proudly display them as part of the Hearts Sparkle for These Veterans campaign.…

2nd Mondays. Grab your favorite beverage and enjoy this month's book selection.

December 8: You Never Forget your First by Alexis Coe (VA250)

Thomas Fairfax, 6th Lord Fairfax of Cameron, was the only member of the British peerage to permanently reside in British America and owned the Northern Neck Proprietary in the Colony of Virginia. A close friend of George Washington, the two…

Materials provided. Sign up at librarypoint.org. In partnership with Colonial Beach Parks and Recreation.December 16: Punched Tin Lantern (VA250)

Presented by Jerrilynn Eby MacGregor, Stafford County Historical Society. Stafford County has played a vital role in the founding of this nation, from the original settlements of the families of our Founding Fathers to the construction of…

Materials provided. Sign up at librarypoint.org. In partnership with Colonial Beach Parks and Recreation.January 20: Squared Quilt Pin (VA250)

Dive into the vibrant world of colonial dance and music! Discover the lively rhythms and captivating movements that defined the era.

Presented by Historic Germanna. When you cross from Orange County into Culpeper County on Route 3, you are traversing a centuries-old crossing of the Rapidan River used by American Indians, English, and German colonists, the Marquis de…

Presented by Jeff Joyce and the Stafford County Historical Society. The first part of this lecture is an overview of how the Civil War impacted Culpeper County, which includes two major battles: Cedar Mountain and Brandy Station, along with…

The Central Rappahannock Regional Library is hosting four book discussions in celebration of America’s semiquincentennial. The Fate of the Day is the second of four books to be read and discussed. This work begins two years into the war and…

Presented by the Washington Heritage Museums. Not long after George Washington turned eleven, his father passed, leaving his mother, now a widow, the daunting task of raising her five young children alone. Popular twentieth-century…

Presented by Lisa Brighteyes Richardson Deresz, Rappahannock Language Ambassador for the Omisun Project. The language of this land has been sleeping since the 1800s. Many businesses, organizations, and area services bear the name of…