Lecture

Name: Feuding Founders: The Lee Deane Conflict and the Political “Bloodbath” of 1778
Start: 2026-11-08T10:00:00-05:00
End: 2026-11-08T18:00:00-05:00
Location: Stratford Hall

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
November 2026
Feuding Founders: The Lee Deane Conflict and the Political “Bloodbath” of 1778

Featured November 8 @ 10:00 am - 6:00 pm

Stratford Hall 483 Great House Road, Stratford, VA, United States

How did a diplomatic dispute become one of the first political media storms in American history? Join us at Stratford Hall for a commemorative America 250 conversation on the aftermath of the Lee Deane Conflict. In 1776, Silas Deane of Connecticut was sent to France to secure crucial wartime support. He came under fire when...

October 2026

November 2026