Talking History
March 14 @ 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Talking History Programs
The Talking History Programs, offer public lectures and first-person performances that link storylines found in the Jamestown Settlement and the American Revolution Museum at Yorktown museums’ exhibition galleries. The stories share how these vast moments in America’s past influenced its progression to the present.
Reserve Your Seat
The Talking History program is included with museum admission. Register in advance to reserve your seat.
March 14: Talking History program: “On National Commemorations and How We Do History Now: The Bicentennial, the Semiquincentennial, and What We Can Learn About the Future of the Past” – Historian M.J. Rymsza-Pawlowska draws from her book on the 1976 Bicentennial, as well as in-progress research about how Americans are engaging history now, to explore and explain the way that national commemorations help to clarify, crystalize and accelerate emergent trends in historical engagement. During the Bicentennial, Americans became interested in more personal, immersive and interactive forms of history. How will the upcoming Semiquincentennial reflect what history looks like now? Learn more
The Talking History program is included with museum admission. However, please register in advance to reserve your seat.
Local residents (James City County, York County and the City of Williamsburg, including William & Mary students) receive free admission with proof of residency. Details
