UPCOMING EVENTS
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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 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.
