Thursday, June 15, 2006

What's going on in Petersburg? Put these activities on your "to do" list!

• Uncle Tom’s Cabin: Deconstructed followed by an audience dialogue at Sycamore Rouge this Weekend.


• Celebrate
Juneteenth, the Traditional African-American Celebration of Emancipation, in Petersburg this weekend

Sunday, June 18

2 to 7 p.m.
Cooper Memorial Field
Petersburg, VA


• Check out Civil War Weekend at Pamplin Park next weekend, June 24-25:


Voices of the Past
Journey back in time with Voices of the Past, a non-profit group of living historians who interpret the experiences of free and enslaved African Americans from the 18th through the 20th-century.

H.L. Hunley Mobile Exhibit

See a Full-size replica of the famous Confederate submarine. Periodic demonstrations of how the vehicle worked will go on throughout the day.

Yankee Schoolmarm, Susan T. Kelly (Saturday Only)

Compare the education practices of 19th-century and the 21st-century in this interactive discussion. The program includes a variety of hands-on activities for children.

~Mady

3 Comments:

At June 16, 2006 6:18 PM , Anonymous Anonymous said...

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At June 17, 2006 5:58 PM , Anonymous Anonymous said...

anyone know what "shubs" are? do we cover shubs at the meetings?

 
At June 17, 2006 6:43 PM , Blogger Save Petersburg said...

I think that may have been a typo for shrubs.

~Mady

 

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