Goochland Historical Society
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GOOCHLAND FALL FESTIVAL
This year’s Fall Festival will be held October 29, 2022, 12:00 pm—5:00 pm. Join us at 1800 Sandy Hook Rd, Goochland 23063 for an afternoon of fall fun. We will be set up ready to greet you. Stop by our table and ask a question about Goochland history or join the Society!
HERITAGE DAY AT PROVIDENCE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Join us on Saturday, October 22, 2022 at Providence Presbyterian Church, located at 3388 Three Chopt Road to help celebrate its 275th anniversary. The event will take place from 10:00 am to 3:00 pm and will feature a bluegrass band, games for kids, Brunswick stew and Patrick Henry and Thomas Jefferson reenactors from noon - 2:00 pm.
SUMMER LECTURE WITH COLLEEN CALLAHAN
Join us this Saturday, July 9, 2022, at 2:00 pm at Grace Church Parish House for Bustles, Bloomers & Big Sleeves: Fashion in the Gilded Age featuring museum consultant Colleen Callahan and living history interpreter Nancy Lowden. Together they will show us what it meant to “get dressed” in that era. The program, part of the Society’s exhibit Saved from the Ashes: Thorncliff in the Gilded Age, also details how historical garments are conserved. Program co-sponsored by the Southeastern Region, Costume Society of America. An English tea will follow the program.
DR. CHARLES BRYAN LECTURE
Join us at St. Mary’s Episcopal Church, 12291 River Road., Richmond, VA 23238, on Sunday, May 15, 2022, at 3:00 pm for an afternoon with Dr. Charles F. Bryan, Jr. Ross MacKenzie, retired editor, Richmond Times-Dispatch, will interview Dr. Bryan about his new book, Past Imperfect II.
AN AFTERNOON WITH NANCY PARRISH
Join us at the Grace Church Parish House on March 12, 2022 at 1:00 pm, for an afternoon with author Nancy C. Parrish. She will be featuring an illustrated talk on the “Americans’ Fascination with English Country Houses and Their Inhabitants.”
A reception will be held immediately after with refreshments and hot tea and you can get your copy of her book The Downton Era: Great Houses, Churchills, and Mitfords signed by the author.
Masks are optional
The address for Grace Church Parish House is 2955 River Rd. West, Goochland, VA 23063.
