Most events are free and are open to the public. For specific locations, times, and details on the events listed below please visit our calendar of events.
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Saturday, April 4, 2009
Lincoln, God, and Emancipation: A Promise Fulfilled
Dr. Lucas Morel, Lincoln scholar and professor of politics at Washington and Lee University, speaks about the origins and implications of Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation... |
Sunday, April 5, 2009
Richmond Again Taken: A Sampling of Photographs of Richmond in 1865
National Park Service Ranger Michael Gorman will present a sampling of photographs made in Richmond in 1865. Many of these photographs are being shown publicly for the first time... |
Sunday, April 5, 2009
"And Now the Nightmare Is Gone": Abraham Lincoln & the Fall of the Confederacy
Former American Civil War Center staff member Jimmy Price discusses the context of Lincoln's 1865 visit to Richmond and its historical significance... |
Sunday, April 5, 2009
Lincoln Walk: Self-guided Walk with Stationed Interpretation
This approximately 90-minute self-guided walking tour of downtown Richmond features stationed interpretation along the route traveled by Abraham Lincoln and his son Tad on their visit to Richmond on April 4, 1865, following the evacuation of Richmond by the Confederate government and its occupation by the Union military... |
Sunday, April 5, 2009
Lincoln Literary Reading
Readings of poems and essays by Virginia contributors of the National League of American Pen Women to “Happy Birthday, Mr. Lincoln: A Commemorative Collage,” published by the NLAPW. Free to the public, no reservation required... |
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
An Interruption That Lasted a Lifetime: My First Eighty Years
Dr. E. Bruce Heilman, chancellor of the University of Richmond and former University of Richmond president, discusses and signs his poignant memoir, An Interruption That Lasted a Lifetime: My First Eighty Years... |
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Managing Your Records (and we don’t just mean your jazz collection!)
Records analysts present a workshop for members of the public addressing the challenges of and strategies for maintaining personal records... |
Monday, April 20, 2009
Conserving the Commonwealth: The Early Years of the Environmental Movement in Virginia
In honor of Earth Day, Margaret T. Peters, historian and publication manager at the Virginia Department of Historic Resources from 1968 to 2002, discusses and signs Conserving the Commonwealth... |
Thursday, April 30, 2009
First Family
Internationally best-selling author David Baldacci discusses First Family, featuring former Secret Service agents Sean King and Michelle Maxwell... |