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COVID-19 Mitigation Measures: Please check the calendar regularly for updates. Many programs and events are rescheduled, canceled or postponed.
JANUARY
- 1/21: Lecture #1
Frontier Iron: Historical Iron-Making on the Frontier
Norm Scott – Independent Scholar
(Video may be viewed on our YouTube Channel)
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
(Video may be viewed on our YouTube Channel)
MARCH
3/13: AFCF Fundraiser – Shamrocks(CANCELED)- 3/24: Lecture (CANCELED)
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 (CANCELED)
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)5/2: Summer Camp Sampler(CANCELED)- 5/19: Lecture #6
Moonshine in the Making? Exploring the Role of Alcohol in Early Modern Ulster and the American Backcountry
Audrey Horning – William & Mary
(Video may be viewed on our YouTube Channel) 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
Colonial Conflict among Racial, Ethnic and Religious Groups on Virginia’s Appalachian Frontier
Wilma Dunaway – Virginia Tech
(Video may be viewed on our YouTube Channel) - 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 #3
Border Wars: The Pennsylvania/Virginia Boundary Controversy
Robert Dunkerly – National Park Service
(Video may be viewed on our YouTube Channel) 7/27-7/31: Summer Camp #8(CANCELED)
AUGUST
- American Roots Music Concert Series:
8/2: Roots Music Concert #1- 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 #4
Unfree Labor in Early English Virginia
Steven A. Harris-Scott – George Mason
(Video may be viewed on our YouTube Channel)
SEPTEMBER
- 9/10-11: Fall Homeschool Days
9/15: USCIS New Citizen Naturalization Ceremony(CANCELED)- 9/15: Lecture #9
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
(Video may be viewed on our YouTube Channel) - 9/25: Fall Board Meeting
OCTOBER
- 10/3: Lecture #5
Forging an American Identity Through Clay: Ceramics and the Early American Frontier
Brenda Hornsby Heindl – Independent Scholar
(Video may be viewed on our YouTube Channel) 10/6-8: Non-Fiction Nights(CANCELED)10/10: Oktoberfest(CANCELED) Now German Heritage Weekend- 10/17-18: Archaeology Days
- 10/20: Lecture #7
Road to Everywhere, Road to Nowhere: Exploring Later Use of the Great Wagon Road on the Westmoreland Farm, Winston-Salem, NC
Rachel Sites – Historical Interpreter & Independent Scholar
(Video may be viewed on our YouTube Channel)
NOVEMBER
11/14: Hammer-In(CANCELED)- 11/17: Lecture #8
Moonshine – Blue Ridge Style: The History and Culture of Untaxed Liquor in the Mountains of Virginia
Bethany Worley – Blue Ridge Institute & Museum
(Video may be viewed on our YouTube Channel) 11/27: Artisan Christmas Fair(CANCELED)
DECEMBER
- 12/4-6, 12/11-13, 12/18-20: Old World Holiday Tours
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