Local Events Calendar

Janet Wallach speaks at a Great Lives lecture about Desert Queen: The Extraordinary Life of Gertrude Bell: Adventure, Advisor to Kings, Ally of Lawrence of Arabia, sponsored by Coldwell Banker Elite.

Willard Sterne Randall speaks at a Great Lives lecture about John Hancock: First to Sign, First to Invest in America’s Independence, sponsored by Roxanne M. Kaufman.

Mark Lee Gardner speaks at a Great Lives lecture about Wyatt Earp, Doc Holiday, and a Reckoning in Tombstone: Brothers of the Gun, sponsored by Synergy Periodontics and Implants.

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Join us for an Open House and get an overview on student life, academic programs, hear from our three Colleges, and take a campus tour. We recommend these free programs for high school juniors and seniors and transfer students.

Presented by Jerrilynn Eby MacGregor of the Stafford County Historical Society. Aquia Creek was at one point a major commercial waterway from the mid-1600s up until the early 1900s, in contrast to its modern geography. Three deep-water landings received international sailing vessels along the waterway, and industry flowed through the heart of the freestone quarrying area, much of which was used in the construction of various buildings in Washington D.C. and in the surrounding areas in Virginia. Moreover, several large fisheries operated along the creek, and thousands of cords of wood, along with hundreds of thousands of railroad ties, were shipped down Aquia Creek to many destinations across the United States. Learn of this area’s rich history, including the location of Stafford County’s only known military entanglement of the Revolutionary War: the Burning of Richland. In July of 1776, British warships sailed up the Potomac and met the Stafford Militia, who were stationed at the Richland Plantation, which was owned by William Brent.

Jerrilynn Eby MacGregor is the author of They Called Stafford Home, among other works related to the rich history of Stafford County. A life-long Staffordian, Jerrilynn continues to heavily contribute to historical and genealogical studies of the people and places of this County. She is a secretary of the historical society and a frequent lecturer on various historical topics to numerous regional historical organizations.

Presented by Dr. Jason Sellers, University of Mary Washington. The colonial unrest that led to the American Revolution offered opportunities for diverse Americans to pursue freedom. This program will discuss the roles Native nations on Virginia’s frontiers played in shaping its support for an independent United States. It will also consider how and why Virginia Indians participated in that struggle for independence.

Dr. Jason Sellers is an Associate Professor of History at the University of Mary Washington specializing in the cultural and environmental history of 17th-and 18th-century North American landscapes and bodies.

Presented by Dr. Will Mackintosh, Associate Professor at the University of Mary Washington. Looking backwards, the political decision to break with Great Britain and declare independence looks obvious. Because we all know what happened over the next 250 years, the independence of some of the North American colonies has taken on an air of inevitability. But it wasn’t so obvious to people at the time. This talk explores the politics of Virginia in the mid-1770s to understand who was pushing for independence, why they did so, and how they ultimately won the argument.

Dr. Will Mackintosh is a cultural and social historian of the 19th century United States, with particular interests in the history of leisure, the history of crime, and the cultural history of capitalism. He is the author of Selling the Sights: The Invention of the Tourist in American Culture.

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We will be hosting the official FC Barcelona Soccer Camp in North Virginia, VA, from June 15th to June 19th. The camp will take place at Publix Virginia Soccer Training Center, running from Monday to Friday from 8 AM to 2 PM.

5 days of training with official FC Barcelona coaches. Players will learn the same successful methodology where players such as Leo Messi, Sergio Busquets, Lamine Yamal, and Xavi Hernández emerged from.
Campers will receive an FC Barcelona Soccer Camp certified diploma for the completion of the camp. Several prizes and awards will be given to certain players who excel throughout the week.

Do not miss this opportunity!