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Visitors will learn about the Second Virginia, which was part of the Army of the Potomac during the Civil War. Visitors will also learn about life during the Revolutionary War at the special Presidents Day weekend event, which will include living history interpreters, encampments, period cooking, drilling, tours and more for the whole family to […]
Author and genealogist, Char McCargo-Bah, will talk about Using Genealogical Research and Nonfiction to Write Your Family History and examine why it's important to write a family history. Once people have done their family research and know the stories, it might be time to write those stories down for their families, the future genealogical community […]
RELIC's Don Wilson will talk about African American Genealogy: Tracking Families Before the Civil War to show how to find information regarding an African American family's history prior to 1865. There are special challenges to finding family documentation during the age of slavery since few records were kept. Wilson will use a case study approach […]
RELIC will host Buffalo Soldiers During the Civil War. The program uses experts in military history and reenactments to talk about the 200,000 black soldiers who served in the Federal Army during the Civil War. After the war, the soldiers, called Buffalo Soldiers, decided not to return to a life of sharecropping and racial oppression. […]
On Saturday, Feb. 29, from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Author Char McCargo Bah, who was named a "Living Legend of Alexandria" will talk about African American history and genealogy at Montclair Community Library. After McCargo's talk and book signing, there will be a tour of the Barnes House, next door to the library. The […]
The Barnes House will be open for a free event on Saturday, Feb. 29, between 12 p.m. and 5 p.m. The house has seen a lot of change in its history, from tavern, to private home and now a museum. Visitors will learn about the Barnes family's amazing history during the Reconstruction Era and about the […]
Join us for a talk by NVCC History Professor Alice Reagan on the The Occoquan Suffrage Prisoners. These female prisoners were jailed at the Lorton Workhouse prison now the Workhouse Arts Center across the river from Occoquan, Virginia. The Lucy Burns Museum at the former prison will have it's grand opening May 9th, 2020.
Learn about Prince William County’s diverse history in a small house! Tours of the Barnes House explore the when the building was used as a tavern in the 1810s to its preservation and restoration in 2014. The centerpiece of the exhibit is about the Barnes family, the African-American family that lived here after the Civil […]