Friday, September 11

6:00pm - Kuumba Dance Ensemble | Location: Gari Melchers Home and Studio at Belmont (free event - reservations required)

Saturday, September 12

10:00am - Joseph McGill Kickoff Event | Location: George Washington’s Ferry Farm (ticketed event)

11:00am-3:00pm - Brickmaking Demonstrations | Location: James Monroe Museum (free and open to the public)

11:30am - Traditional Cooking Demonstrations | Location: Mary Washington House (free and open to the public)

1:30pm - “A Slave No More” | Location: Falmouth Beach (Rappahannock River, Stafford County") (free and open to the public)

3:00pm - Avenues to Freedom: Laundry Demonstrations and the story of Ellen Mitchell | Location: Chatham (National Park Service Site, Stafford County) (free and open to the public)

6:30pm - African American Spirituals and Foodways | Location: St. George’s Episcopal Church (ticketed event)

8:00pm - Stories of Freedom | Location: Moncure Conway House (free and open to the public)

Overnight - Sleeping with the Ancestors: Overnight at Moncure Conway House | Location: Moncure Conway House Yard (reservations required)

Sunday, September 13

4:00pm - The History Lesson | Location: Fredericksburg Area Museum (ticketed event)