This year's NNK250 Discovery Symposium: "We the People" will take place October 3-4 with a medley of events highlighting new and exciting research findings on Northern Neck topics. Attendees are welcome to join us for any individual event, or get a $25 All-Access Pass for the whole weekend!
Please Note: The 9:30 a.m. Saturday “behind-the-curtain” tour of the Memorial House at the George Washington Birthplace National Monument has been canceled.
Schedule
Friday at 6:30 p.m. | Award-winning historian, Dr. John A. Ragosta, will present “Learning to Deal with Dissent: The New Nation in Crisis, 1798-1799” in the Council House at Stratford Hall. | $15
Saturday at 11:00 a.m. | Stratford Hall will host a preservation-focused tour of its Great House with Phil Mark, Senior Director of Preservation & Maintenance. | $15
Saturday at 1:00 p.m. | Panel: Historic Spaces in Public Places | FREE
Sara Rivers Cofield, Curator of Federal Collections
Maryland Archaeological Conservation Laboratory
Katie Shepard, Chief of Education and Interpretation
Virginia State Parks
Dr. Lauren McMillan, Cultural Resource Manager
Virginia State Parks (co-presented with Michael Spencer, Associate Professor, University of Mary Washington)
Dave Myers, Park Manager
Westmoreland State Park
Saturday at 2:20 p.m. | Break
Saturday at 2:45 p.m. | Panel: Interpreting New Findings at Stratford Hall, Menokin, and Fones Cliffs | FREE
Connie Rosemont, Executive Director
Menokin Foundation
Dr. Julia King, Professor of Anthropology
St. Mary’s College of Maryland
Dr. Douglas Sanford, Professor Emeritus of Historic Preservation
University of Mary Washington
This event is made possible in part by a grant from the VA250 Commission in partnership with Virginia Humanities.
Lodging
Extend your stay by reserving a room in the Cheek Guest House or Astor Guest House with special event rate of $129* per night! Call (804) 493-1967 or email reservations@stratfordhall.org. *Subject to taxes and fees. Log cabins not included in offer.
Stratford Hall brings together people from around the world to experience two-thousand acres of natural and human history, preserved and presented so that we can all learn from the courageous struggles of our ancestors, taking inspiration both from what they endured and what they accomplished. There are few places in America where people can travel down small, rural roads to arrive at a vast site that preserves so many aspects of early-American life, from the Great House where the influential Lee family helped to forge a new nation, to the fields worked by enslaved Africans, to the waters of the rivers that fueled trade, to the ground, which still yields secrets about the people and animals that lived before.
Come experience this extraordinary place and learn about a layered history that began millions of years ago - a history that continues to educate, inspire, and influence Americans to the present day.
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