UPCOMING EVENTS
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Giving Tuesday
This Giving Tuesday, please consider a gift to A Monumental Vision, the Capital Campaign honoring the life of Mary Washington. Partner with WHM as we create an accessible, park-like setting surrounding the Mary Washington Monument and stabilize the landscape surrounding Meditation Rock, Eskridge Oak, and Gordon Cemetery. All gifts made before year’s end, up to a combined total of $75,000, will have double the impact thanks to a generous matching gift offered by Campaign Co-Chairs Kelly Johnson and Rennie McDaniel and Honorary Chair Gail Braxton.
Donate on Tuesday, December 3
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Bound to the Fire: How Virginia’s Enslaved Cooks Helped Invent American Cuisine: Dr. Kelley Fanto Deetz, Author, and Visiting Scholar, UC Berkeley, Department of African American Studies and CEO of HASAN
Thursday, December 5 at 10:00 AM
Central Rappahannock Regional Library Auditorium
This Washington Heritage Museums Speaker Series lecture will draw from archaeological evidence, cookbooks, plantation records, and folklore to present a nuanced study of the lives of enslaved plantation cooks from colonial times through emancipation and beyond.
Location: Central Rappahannock Regional Library, 1201 Caroline Street
This lecture is free and open to the public. The use of the Central Rappahannock Regional Library’s meeting facility does not constitute the library’s endorsement and sponsorship of the program or the organizer’s policies and beliefs.
Holiday Open House at the Mary Washington House
Sunday, December 8
Noon – 5:00 PM
Mary Washington House
FREE
Join us for the Holiday Open House at the Mary Washington House on Sunday, December 8 from 12:00pm to 5:00pm. Learn about colonial holiday traditions while sipping hot apple cider and sampling Mary Washington’s gingerbread. From 12:00 to 2:00, hear 18th century holiday tunes played on a spinet. Members of the Rappahannock Colonial Heritage Society will showcase crafts from the period. Children will have the chance to make an orange pomander that they can take home with them.
After their tour, visitors are invited to stroll the gardens where Gingerbread Beer crafted by Highmark Brewery will be available. All are invited to visit the Museum Store for a special holiday sale with extended hours until 5:00 PM!
Holiday Open House at the Rising Sun Tavern
Saturday, December 14
5:00 PM – 8:00 PM
The Rising Sun Tavern
FREE
As our gift to a supportive community, join us for a free tour of the Rising Sun Tavern Museum on Saturday, December 14 from 5:00 to 8:00 pm, beautifully decorated for the holidays, as it would have been in the eighteenth century. Enjoy live period music and seasonal refreshments, and get your holiday shopping done for the history lover in your life!
Holiday Colonial Tea at Historic Ironclad Inn
Tuesday, December 17th, 2024
12:00 PM – 2:00 PM
Ironclad Inn
This holiday season, savor an afternoon tea as you enjoy the ambience of the historic Ironclad Inn (formerly Kenmore Inn) along with live harpsichord music. The Inn will be beautifully decorated as part of the Fredericksburg Candlelight Tour and Veronica Allison will share her amazing talents with us as she plays period music and Christmas Carols. Learn about teatime and entertaining in colonial America from Heather Meadows and discover what it may have been like to celebrate Christmas as a member of the Washington family with Kevin Anderson.
Ticket price is $55.00 per person and includes a Full Tea with a selection of savories and sweets, hot tea, live music and presentation by our guest speakers. Note: Tickets are non-refundable.
