RICHMOND, Va. – The Library of Virginia will present a free screening of “Patrick Henry’s Scotchtown” from the “Historic Homes of Virginia” documentary film series on Tuesday, Dec. 1, from noon to 1 p.m. This documentary, featuring University of Mary Washington professor of historic preservation Michael Spencer and experts from Preservation Virginia, gives details about Patrick Henry’s Scotchtown residence in Hanover County and highlights Library of Virginia collection items. A Q&A discussion will follow the screening. Registration is required at https://lva-virginia.libcal.com/event/17655772.

 

The film will highlight documents that include notes Henry wrote for his famous “Give me liberty, or give me death!” speech, the home’s original construction, the lives of the enslaved people who lived and worked at Scotchtown and the role of historic Mutual Assurance policies in guiding the property’s restoration.

 

Virginia’s historic homes reveal their stories through both architecture and the records left behind. For more than two centuries, Mutual Assurance Society of Virginia has documented many of these properties, preserving details that can help historians and preservationists understand how they changed over time. The film series “Historic Homes of Virginia” brings those records together with the people, places and stories that have shaped some of the Commonwealth’s most significant homes. 

 

This program is presented in partnership with Mutual Assurance, which produced the series. More information about Mutual Assurance and the “Historic Homes of Virginia” documentary series can be found at https://www.mutual-assurance.com/hhva.

 

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