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SUMMARY:Tredegar History Tour
DESCRIPTION:Find yourself in the fascinating history of the former Tredegar Iron Works with our “Tredegar History Tour”! Located in the heart of downtown Richmond\, our museum is situated on the very site where the iron foundry once stood.\n\n\n\nMEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND (Saturday\, Sunday & Monday) at 11:00 AM or 3:00 PM to explore one of Richmond’s famous historical sites and learn about the cannon-making process in a special site tour. We’re also doing musket firing demonstrations at 1pm each day this weekend! (included with Museum admission). You don’t want to miss it!
URL:https://acwm.org/event/tredegar-history-tour-2/2024-05-04/
LOCATION:ACWM – Historic Tredegar\, 480 Tredegar St.\, Richmond\, Virginia\, 23219\, United States
CATEGORIES:Richmond Events,Tours
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SUMMARY:Tredegar History Tour
DESCRIPTION:Find yourself in the fascinating history of the former Tredegar Iron Works with our “Tredegar History Tour”! Located in the heart of downtown Richmond\, our museum is situated on the very site where the iron foundry once stood.\n\n\n\nMEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND (Saturday\, Sunday & Monday) at 11:00 AM or 3:00 PM to explore one of Richmond’s famous historical sites and learn about the cannon-making process in a special site tour. We’re also doing musket firing demonstrations at 1pm each day this weekend! (included with Museum admission). You don’t want to miss it!
URL:https://acwm.org/event/tredegar-history-tour-2/2024-04-28/
LOCATION:ACWM – Historic Tredegar\, 480 Tredegar St.\, Richmond\, Virginia\, 23219\, United States
CATEGORIES:Richmond Events,Tours
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SUMMARY:Tredegar History Tour
DESCRIPTION:Find yourself in the fascinating history of the former Tredegar Iron Works with our “Tredegar History Tour”! Located in the heart of downtown Richmond\, our museum is situated on the very site where the iron foundry once stood.\n\n\n\nMEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND (Saturday\, Sunday & Monday) at 11:00 AM or 3:00 PM to explore one of Richmond’s famous historical sites and learn about the cannon-making process in a special site tour. We’re also doing musket firing demonstrations at 1pm each day this weekend! (included with Museum admission). You don’t want to miss it!
URL:https://acwm.org/event/tredegar-history-tour-2/2024-04-27/
LOCATION:ACWM – Historic Tredegar\, 480 Tredegar St.\, Richmond\, Virginia\, 23219\, United States
CATEGORIES:Richmond Events,Tours
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SUMMARY:'The Impending Crisis' Exhibition Opening
DESCRIPTION:The American Civil War Museum will launch a major exhibition at ACWM-Tredegar in Richmond\, Virginia\, on April 27th\, 2024. Titled The Impending Crisis\, this exhibit will delve into the events\, individuals\, and topics that led to the division of the United States on the verge of civil war.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Impending Crisis exhibit takes visitors on a journey through differing national viewpoints on faith\, politics\, and patriotism in the years leading up to the Civil War. While touring the exhibit\, visitors meet both well-known and lesser-known people\, hearing their words\, seeing the families and communities they built\, and the extreme hardships they suffered. Visitors gain a better understanding of what was truly at stake during this pivotal time in the nation’s history\, and how the actions to engage in a civil war remade America.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLearn More\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nwith generous support from
URL:https://acwm.org/event/the-impending-crisis-opening/
LOCATION:ACWM – Historic Tredegar\, 480 Tredegar St.\, Richmond\, Virginia\, 23219\, United States
CATEGORIES:Richmond Events
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SUMMARY:"Frederick Douglass and the Problem of American Democracy" with David Blight
DESCRIPTION:This is an IN-PERSON event at ACWM-Tredegar\n\n\n\nACWM members\, we would like to invite you to an exclusive reception at 5:30 pm. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoin us as David Blight sheds light on the extraordinary life of Frederick Douglass\, offering a fresh perspective on his enduring impact on American society. Douglass’s journey is one of courage and resilience\, as he escaped slavery and became a major literary figure and advocate for political abolitionism. David Blight’s groundbreaking biography unveils the untold story of Douglass’s complex personal life and intellectual prowess\, cementing his legacy as a towering figure in American history. Don’t miss this exclusive opportunity to explore the life and legacy of one of America’s greatest icons\, as told by one of today’s foremost historians.\n\n\n\nDavid W. Blight is Sterling Professor of History and Director of the Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery\, Resistance\, and Abolition at Yale University. He is the author or editor of a dozen books\, including Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom; American: The Civil War in the Civil Rights Era; Race and Reunion: The Civil War in American Memory; and annotated editions of Douglass’s first two autobiographies. He has worked on Douglass for much of his professional life and has been awarded the Pulitzer Prize\, the Bancroft Prize\, the Abraham Lincoln Prize\, and the Frederick Douglass Prize\, among others. Blight has always been a teacher first. At the beginning of his career\, he spent seven years as a high school history teacher in his hometown of Flint\, Michigan. Blight maintains a website\, including information about public lectures\, books\, articles\, and interviews at www.davidwblight.com/\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIn this “cinematic and deeply engaging” (The New York Times Book Review) biography\, David Blight has drawn on new information held in a private collection that few other historian have consulted\, as well as recently discovered issues of Douglass’s newspapers. “Absorbing and even moving…a brilliant book that speaks to our own time as well as Douglass’s” (The Wall Street Journal)\, Blight’s biography tells the fascinating story of Douglass’s two marriages and his complex extended family. “David Blight has written the definitive biography of Frederick Douglass…a powerful portrait of one of the most important American voices of the nineteenth century” (The Boston Globe).\n\n\n\n\nPurchase Book\n\n\n\n\nThank you for supporting our mission by purchasing through our online store. Your contribution enables us to continue providing engaging events and experiences.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAll sales are final. Tickets and registrations are non-refundable unless the American Civil War Museum cancels an event.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nACWM members\, we would like to invite you to an exclusive reception at 5:30 pm. \n\n\nRegister on Eventbrite\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoin us for our Spring Lecture Series as we delve into the causes\, course\, and consequences of the Civil War\, from abolition through Reconstruction\, as part of our extensive initiative “The Civil War & Remaking America” and prepare to open our newest exhibition\, The Impending Crisis in Spring 2024!
URL:https://acwm.org/event/frederick-douglass-blight/
LOCATION:ACWM – Historic Tredegar\, 480 Tredegar St.\, Richmond\, Virginia\, 23219\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lectures,Richmond Events
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SUMMARY:Tredegar History Tour
DESCRIPTION:Find yourself in the fascinating history of the former Tredegar Iron Works with our “Tredegar History Tour”! Located in the heart of downtown Richmond\, our museum is situated on the very site where the iron foundry once stood.\n\n\n\nMEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND (Saturday\, Sunday & Monday) at 11:00 AM or 3:00 PM to explore one of Richmond’s famous historical sites and learn about the cannon-making process in a special site tour. We’re also doing musket firing demonstrations at 1pm each day this weekend! (included with Museum admission). You don’t want to miss it!
URL:https://acwm.org/event/tredegar-history-tour-2/2024-04-21/
LOCATION:ACWM – Historic Tredegar\, 480 Tredegar St.\, Richmond\, Virginia\, 23219\, United States
CATEGORIES:Richmond Events,Tours
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SUMMARY:Tredegar History Tour
DESCRIPTION:Find yourself in the fascinating history of the former Tredegar Iron Works with our “Tredegar History Tour”! Located in the heart of downtown Richmond\, our museum is situated on the very site where the iron foundry once stood.\n\n\n\nMEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND (Saturday\, Sunday & Monday) at 11:00 AM or 3:00 PM to explore one of Richmond’s famous historical sites and learn about the cannon-making process in a special site tour. We’re also doing musket firing demonstrations at 1pm each day this weekend! (included with Museum admission). You don’t want to miss it!
URL:https://acwm.org/event/tredegar-history-tour-2/2024-04-20/
LOCATION:ACWM – Historic Tredegar\, 480 Tredegar St.\, Richmond\, Virginia\, 23219\, United States
CATEGORIES:Richmond Events,Tours
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