Events

A movie showing with activities. All ages.

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…

Fredericksburg has five sister cities: Frejus, France; Prince’s Town, Ghana; Schwetzingen, Germany; Este, Italy; Kathmandu, Nepal. This lecture series explores the cultural contributions of these countries to the fabric of our nation, as…

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…

Celebrate 250 years of America in Virginia with demonstrations, games, activities, and more. All ages.

Pub-style trivia. Play alone or on a team.

In partnership with WETA PBS, experience a six-part speaker series where each event will be followed by a special screening of The American Revolution, a film by Ken Burns, Sarah Botstein, and David Schmidt. Each screening will focus on a…

An informative talk around the culinary arts of the 1700s with recipes and samples.

Enjoy popcorn and a movie for adults.

Hamilton

Enjoy light non-tea refreshments and a colonial craft while exploring local history resources.

A panel of library research staff will answer your questions on how AI is impacting genealogy and how it may be used in one's own research, how to read the U.S. Census and the importance of it, how to discover an ancestor's immigration…

Presented by Jon Bachman. Learn about inventions from Virginia and make your own ChapStick, which was invented in Lynchburg in the 1890s. While supplies last. All ages.

In partnership with WETA PBS, experience a six-part speaker series where each event will be followed by a special screening of The American Revolution, a film by Ken Burns, Sarah Botstein, and David Schmidt. Each screening will focus on a…

In partnership with WETA PBS, experience a six-part speaker series where each event will be followed by a special screening of The American Revolution, a film by Ken Burns, Sarah Botstein, and David Schmidt. Each screening will focus on a…

Presented by Gail S. Watson of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Falls Church Chapter. Researching genealogy can prove difficult across all mediums, but many individuals experience setbacks when examining their ancestral history in…

Presented in partnership with The Washington Heritage Museums. The Central Rappahannock Regional Library is hosting four book discussions in celebration of America’s semiquincentennial. The final of the four books, Alan Pell Crawford’s This…

In partnership with WETA PBS, experience a six-part speaker series where each event will be followed by a special screening of The American Revolution, a film by Ken Burns, Sarah Botstein, and David Schmidt. Each screening will focus on a…

Pub-style trivia. Play alone or on a team.

In partnership with WETA PBS, experience a six-part speaker series where each event will be followed by a special screening of The American Revolution, a film by Ken Burns, Sarah Botstein, and David Schmidt. Each screening will focus on a…

A panel of library research staff will answer your questions on how AI is impacting genealogy and how it may be used in one's own research, how to read the U.S. Census and the importance of it, how to discover an ancestor's immigration…