Events at the Library of Virginia in April and May
All events are free and take place from noon until 1 pm in the conference rooms at the Library of Virginia unless otherwise noted. The Library is located at 800 East Broad Street and there is limited, free underground parking, which is accessible from either Eighth or Ninth streets.
Saturday, April 4, 2009
Lincoln, God, and Emancipation: A Promise Fulfilled
Time: 2:00 PM–3:00 PM
Place: Lecture Hall
Dr. Lucas Morel, Lincoln scholar and professor of politics at Washington and Lee University, will speak about the origins and implications of Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation. This talk is part of Steps Toward Freedom: Lincoln's Walk in Richmond, a weekend of lectures, walks, and images exploring the unique combination of devastation, fear, and hope that existed in Richmond in the spring of 1865, when Abraham Lincoln walked through the smoldering ruins of a fallen city.
Sunday, April 5, 2009
Richmond Again Taken: A Sampling of Photographs of Richmond in 1865
Time: Noon–12:45 PM
Place: American Civil War Center, 490 Tredegar St., Richmond, 804-780-1865
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. This talk is part of Steps Toward Freedom: Lincoln's Walk in Richmond.
Sunday, April 5, 2009
"And Now the Nightmare is Gone": Abraham Lincoln & the Fall of the Confederacy
Time: 1:00 PM–1:30 PM
Place: Lincoln Statue, American Civil War Center, 490 Tredegar St., Richmond, 804-780-1865
Former American Civil War Center staff member Jimmy Price discusses the context of Lincoln's 1865 visit to Richmond and its historical significance. This talk is part of Steps Toward Freedom: Lincoln's Walk in Richmond.
Sunday, April 5, 2009
Lincoln Walk: Self-guided Walk with Stationed Interpretation
Time: 2:00 PM–5:00 PM
Place: Begins at 17th & Dock streets in Shockoe Bottom
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. Historic Richmond tour guides provided by the Valentine Richmond History Center, as well as National Park Service rangers, will be stationed along the route. Participants may begin at 17th and Dock streets and follow the route, or they may join the walk at any point along the way. This walk is part of Steps Toward Freedom: Lincoln's Walk in Richmond.
Sunday, April 5, 2009
Lincoln Literary Reading
Time: 5:00-5:45 PM
Place: Patrick Henry's Pub & Grille (upstairs), 2300 E. Broad Street, 644-4242
Reading of poems and essays by Virginia contributors of the National League of American Pen Women to “Happy Birthday, Mr. Lincoln: A Commemorative Collage,” published 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. He describes the pivotal role military service played in his distinguished career in higher education.
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Managing Your Records (and we don’t just mean your jazz collection!
Time: 10:00 AM–NOON
Place: Conference Rooms
FREE EVENT Space is limited. Call 804-692-3606 to reserve a seat.
Records analysts will present a workshop for members of the public addressing the challenges of and strategies for maintaining personal records. The workshop will concentrate on how to keep and organize important medical and financial records and avoid identity theft. Archivists will be available to answer questions on preserving documents related to family history.
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. She describes the earliest days of Virginia's environmental movement, recounting the efforts of a farsighted group of leaders to preserve Virginia's priceless resources—open land, waterways, and historic sites—and to create new parks within reach of all the state's citizens.
Thursday, April 30, 2009
First Family
Place: Lecture Hall
Internationally best-selling author David Baldacci discusses First Family, featuring former Secret Service agents Sean King and Michelle Maxwell. The kidnapping of a child from a birthday party at Camp David sets in motion this suspenseful national security nightmare. A book signing follows the talk.
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
The Sweet In-Between
Sheri Reynolds, the Ruth and Perry Morgan Chair of Southern Literature at Old Dominion University, will discuss and sign her novel about Kendra, an embattled and unconventional teenage girl whose mother died when she was young and whose father is serving time for drug dealing.
Friday, May 8, 2009
From the Battlefield to the Bench: The Life and Legacy of John Marshall
Keith Marshall Jones, John Marshall descendant and author of Congress As My Government: Chief Justice John Marshall in the American Revolution (1775–1781), and Cliff Sloan and David McLean, authors of The Great Decision: Jefferson, Adams, Marshall, and the Battle for the Supreme Court, will discuss John Marshall’s pivotal role in establishing the separation of powers and how Marshall’s service in the Continental army reinforced his belief in nationalism and a strong central government. This event is co-sponsored by the John Marshall Foundation.
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
Gallery Walk: From Williamsburg to Wills’s Creek: The Fry-Jefferson Map of Virginia
Time: Noon–12:45 PM
Place: Exhibition Gallery
RSVP by calling 804-692-3592 by Friday, May 8, 2009 Join exhibition curator and map specialist Cassandra Farrell for an in-depth tour of the Library of Virginia’s exhibition focusing on the various states and derivatives of the Fry-Jefferson Map of 1755. Space is limited.
All events are free and take place from noon until 1 pm in the conference rooms at the Library of Virginia unless otherwise noted. The Library is located at 800 East Broad Street and there is limited, free underground parking, which is accessible from either Eighth or Ninth streets.
