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Friday Field Days with Poplar Forest Archaeology

Thomas Jefferson's Poplar Forest 687 Poplar Forest Dr., Forest, VA, United States

Join Poplar Forest’s Department of Archaeology and Landscapes every Friday at 1:30 PM through November 21 for an in-depth look into their current excavations and what they are learning about the people who lived in and around the 1857 Slave Dwelling. While the 1857 Slave Dwelling was built after Jefferson’s lifetime, it is historically important...

Friday Field Days with Poplar Forest Archaeology

Thomas Jefferson's Poplar Forest 687 Poplar Forest Dr., Forest, VA, United States

Join Poplar Forest’s Department of Archaeology and Landscapes every Friday at 1:30 PM through November 21 for an in-depth look into their current excavations and what they are learning about the people who lived in and around the 1857 Slave Dwelling. While the 1857 Slave Dwelling was built after Jefferson’s lifetime, it is historically important...

Friday Field Days with Poplar Forest Archaeology

Thomas Jefferson's Poplar Forest 687 Poplar Forest Dr., Forest, VA, United States

Join Poplar Forest’s Department of Archaeology and Landscapes every Friday at 1:30 PM through November 21 for an in-depth look into their current excavations and what they are learning about the people who lived in and around the 1857 Slave Dwelling. While the 1857 Slave Dwelling was built after Jefferson’s lifetime, it is historically important...

Naturalization Ceremony

Thomas Jefferson's Poplar Forest 687 Poplar Forest Dr., Forest, VA, United States

Join Thomas Jefferson’s Poplar Forest and the Blue Ridge Chapter of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution (NSDAR) to witness a Naturalization Ceremony welcoming 30 new American citizens in honor of Constitution Day, the day in 1787 the American Constitution was signed into law. Admission to the ceremony is included with general admission...

Roots and Reconnection Festival

Thomas Jefferson's Poplar Forest 687 Poplar Forest Dr., Forest, VA, United States

Join the Poplar Forest’s African American Advisory Group, interpretation and archaeology staff, and the Board of Directors for the Roots and Reconnection Festival, a special event to honor, celebrate, and educate about the life, culture, and history of the enslaved Africans who lived and worked on the plantation, as well as the culture and life of African Americans...

Friday Field Days with Poplar Forest Archaeology

Thomas Jefferson's Poplar Forest 687 Poplar Forest Dr., Forest, VA, United States

Join Poplar Forest’s Department of Archaeology and Landscapes every Friday at 1:30 PM through November 21 for an in-depth look into their current excavations and what they are learning about the people who lived in and around the 1857 Slave Dwelling. While the 1857 Slave Dwelling was built after Jefferson’s lifetime, it is historically important...

Jefferson’s Curiosities: Shakespeare

Thomas Jefferson's Poplar Forest 687 Poplar Forest Dr., Forest, VA, United States

Thomas Jefferson was a man of many varied interests.  Join us at the house he deemed “the best dwelling house in the state” as we delve into topics he found particularly fascinating: from the arts to agriculture, literature to wine, philosophy to natural sciences, and more. Each talk in the series includes a wine and...

Friday Field Days with Poplar Forest Archaeology

Thomas Jefferson's Poplar Forest 687 Poplar Forest Dr., Forest, VA, United States

Join Poplar Forest’s Department of Archaeology and Landscapes every Friday at 1:30 PM through November 21 for an in-depth look into their current excavations and what they are learning about the people who lived in and around the 1857 Slave Dwelling. While the 1857 Slave Dwelling was built after Jefferson’s lifetime, it is historically important...

Friday Field Days with Poplar Forest Archaeology

Thomas Jefferson's Poplar Forest 687 Poplar Forest Dr., Forest, VA, United States

Join Poplar Forest’s Department of Archaeology and Landscapes every Friday at 1:30 PM through November 21 for an in-depth look into their current excavations and what they are learning about the people who lived in and around the 1857 Slave Dwelling. While the 1857 Slave Dwelling was built after Jefferson’s lifetime, it is historically important...

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