Lecture

Name: John H. Hunt II Chesapeake History Forum: Lady Frances Berkeley and the 350th Anniversary of Bacon’s Rebellion
Start: 2026-10-11T16:00:00-04:00
End: 2026-10-11T18:30:00-04:00

May 2026
Speaker Series: When the Declaration Was News

Featured May 17 @ 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm

The Rappahannock Indigenous Conservation & Education Center 2570 Newland Road, Warsaw, VA, United States

Publishing for the 250th anniversary of the United States, When the Declaration of Independence Was News focuses on the nation’s founding document at the moment of its creation in 1776, before anyone knew what the legacy of the Declaration would be or if the United States would win the war against Great Britain. It explores how the...

Free
July 2026
“A Perfect Frenzy”

July 8 @ 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Historic Christ Church 420 Christ Church Road, Weems, VA, United States

Author Andrew Lawler speaks on his 2025 book A Perfect Frenzy: A Royal Governor, His Black Allies, and the Crisis That Spurred the American Revolution. Wine and cheese reception with author and book signing. Tickets required.

$50
October 2026
John H. Hunt II Chesapeake History Forum: Lady Frances Berkeley and the 350th Anniversary of Bacon’s Rebellion

October 11 @ 4:00 pm - 6:30 pm

In the wake of Bacon’s Rebellion, join Lady Frances Berkeley, wife of Virginia’s Royal Governor, as she composes a letter to her husband while guiding you through a brief history of the recent political upheavals that saw Jamestown laid to ash. Will King Charles offer justice to Sir William Berkeley and clear him from the...

$100

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