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COVID-19 Mitigation Measures: The Museum will be closed to the public at least through June 10. All affected events, programs, and venue rentals are canceled or postponed.
JANUARY
- 1/21: Lecture #1
Frontier Iron: Historical Iron-Making on the Frontier
Norm Scott – Independent Scholar
FEBRUARY
- 2/18: Lecture #2
Farms, Mills, and Shops: An Overview of Economic Activity in the Shenandoah Valley, 1750-1850
Ken Koons – Virginia Military Institute
MARCH
3/13: AFCF Fundraiser – Shamrocks (CANCELED)- 3/24: Lecture #3 (POSTPONED – NEW DATE TBD)
Exploring the Wilds: The Violin in Early America
Tim MacDonald – Independent Scholar 3/27: Spring Homeschool Day. (CANCELED)
APRIL
4/11-12: Easter Traditions (CANCELED)- 4/21: Lecture #4 (POSTPONED – NEW DATE TBD)
- Virginia Beer: From Colonial Roots to Craft’s Golden Age
Lee Graves – Independent Scholar - 4/24: Spring Board of Trustees Mtg (POSTPONED – NEW DATE TBD)
4/18-24: Wool Week (CANCELED)
MAY
- 5/1: AFCF Golf Tournament (POSTPONED – NEW DATE TBD)
5/2: Summer Camp Sampler (CANCELED)- 5/19: Lecture #5 (POSTPONED – NEW DATE TBD)
Moonshine in the Making? Exploring the Role of Alcohol in Early Modern Ulster and the American Backcountry
Audrey Horning – William & Mary 5/23: Historic Crafts & Trades Day (CANCELED)5/25: Memorial Day Fair: Pay-What-You-Will (CANCELED)
JUNE
6/1-6/5: Summer Camp #1 (CANCELED)6/8-6/12: Summer Camp #2 (CANCELED)6/15-6/19: Summer Camp #3 (CANCELED)6/13: Origins Of BBQ (CANCELED)- 6/16: Lecture #6 (POSTPONED – NEW DATE TBD)
Colonial Conflict among Racial, Ethnic and Religious Groups on Virginia’s Appalachian Frontier
Wilma Dunaway – Virginia Tech - 6/19: Juneteenth
6/21-6/26: Summer Camp #4 (CANCELED)6/29-7/3: Summer Camp #5 (CANCELED)
JULY
- 7/4: Independence Day: Virtual Celebration Only – Via Our Facebook Page
7/6-7/10: Summer Camp #6 (CANCELED)7/13-7/17: Summer Camp #7 (CANCELED)7/20-7/24: Summer Camp #8 (CANCELED)- 7/21: Lecture #7 (POSTPONED – NEW DATE TBD)
Border Wars: The Pennsylvania/Virginia Boundary Controversy
Robert Dunkerly – National Park Service 7/27-7/31: Summer Camp #8 (CANCELED)
AUGUST
- American Roots Music Concert Series:
8/2: Roots Music Concert #1 (CANCELED)- 8/9: Roots Music Concert #2: Blue Ridge Thunder
- 8/16: Roots Music Concert #3: Kiz Carter & Juke Jackson
- 8/23: Roots Music Concert #4: Southern Comfort
- 8/30: Roots Music Concert #5: Sarah Lynna
8/22: AFCF Beach Party (Canceled)- 8/18: Lecture #8 (POSTPONED)
Unfree Labor in early English Virginia
Steven A. Harris-Scott – George Mason
SEPTEMBER
- 9/10-11: Fall Homeschool Days
9/15: USCIS New Citizen Naturalization Ceremony (Canceled)- 9/15: Lecture #9 (POSTPONED)
Revisiting Virginia’s Frontier Icon: Black Lives at Natural Bridge, from Patrick Henry and Thomas Jefferson, to The Green Book
Eric Wilson – Rockbridge Historical Society - 9/25: Fall Board Meeting
OCTOBER
- 10/3: Lecture 10 (POSTPONED)
Forging an American Identity Through Clay: Ceramics and the Early American Frontier
Brenda Hornsby Heindl – Independent Scholar - 10/6-8: Non-Fiction Nights
- 10/10: Oktoberfest
(Canceled) - 10/17: Archaeology Day
- 10/20: Lecture #11
Death of the Cemetery: An Assessment of Historic Family Plots in Augusta County, VA
Rachel Sites – Historical Interpreter & Independent Scholar
NOVEMBER
- 11/14: Hammer-In
(Canceled) - 11/17: Lecture #12
Moonshine – Blue Ridge Style: The History and Culture of Untaxed Liquor in the Mountains of Virginia
Bethany Worley – Blue Ridge Institute & Museum - 11/27: Artisan Christmas Fair
DECEMBER
- 12/16-23: Lantern Tours
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