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2009 Schedule
Richmond at War
1861 - 1865
June 19-22, 2009

Friday, June 19

12:00      

Check In The Allegany Room, JMU Festival Center

12:30       Welcome and Administrative Announcements
1:00       Presentation by Mike Gorman on Civil War Richmond
2:00       Presentation by Dr. Danielle Torisky. “Food and Health in Civil War Richmond”
3:00       Book Signing
3:45       Presentation by Ben F. Fordney. “The Bursting Shell. The Stoneman Raid”
4:30
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6:00   Free Time
6:15
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7:00   Reception in the Ballroom at the Festival Center
7:00
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9:00   Dinner and address by Jeffry Wert. “J.E.B. Stuart. Cavalryman of the Lost Cause"


Saturday, June 20

8:00
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8:15
   Bus departs Potomac Hall and Comfort Inn
10:30
 
    Tour of the Virginia State Capitol
12:00
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1:15   

Lunch

1:30
 
    Visit the museum of the Confederacy and Confederate White House
4:00
 
    Arrive at the Linden Row Inn
4:00
6:00   Free Time
6:30
 
    Dinner

Sunday, June 21

8:30 -
  Bus departs the Linden Row Inn
8:30 - 12:00  

Tour of Richmond Civil War sites led by Robert E. L. Krick: site of Libby Prison, Libby Hill, Castle Thunder, Prison, Monument Avenue, Lincoln visit, and other sites

12:00 - 1:00   Lunch
1:15 - 3:30   Tour of Hollywood Cemetery with Chris Ferguson
4:00 - 6:00   Free Time
6:30       Dinner

Monday, June 22

8:15  
  Bus departs Linden Row Inn
8:30       Visit Chimborazo Hospital
9:30       Visit Lee House
10:00       Tour Tredegar Iron Works, National Park Service Visitors Center, Belle Isle Prison Camp
12:00       Depart Richmond for Harrisonburg. (Lunch en-route)
3:00       Approximate Arrival Time in Harrisonburg (End of Program)
 
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