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British Atlantic: Epilogue
On Saturday, June 4th, 2016 between 1 and 2:30 p.m. twenty-five guests and staff enjoyed Dr. Herbert's presentation on the 17th and 18th-centuries Dissenters of the British Atlantic. She established the average Anglican experience from typical services to special holy...
Epilogue: The Early African American Religious Experience Symposium
The Education Department at HSL held a well-received program, the second educational program in the 2016 Season, on Saturday, April 9th, 2016. Drs. Cassandra Newby-Alexander and Kay Wright Lewis from Norfolk State University presented on the Early African American...
Todd Talk (April 2016)
As the seasons changed and snow gave way to pollen as Mother Nature's preferred ground cover, the landscapers at HSL have been busy maintaining the ancient cemeteries and preparing for Annual Historic Garden Week April 23rd through 30th, 2016, the education team...
A Clash of Classes, by Molly Steele
Early last summer, a reliquary was found buried with one of the bodies that was unearthed behind the chancel. This discovery led to many interesting questions: were there more dissenters than originally thought in early Jamestown? Were dissenters given some sort of...
Race and Salvation! by John Ericson
On April 9, 2016, Historic St. Luke’s Church is proud to present a symposium on the early African American experience within the established Church of England. Dr. Cassandra Newby-Alexander will present on “Anglicanism, Race and Intolerance in Colonial Virginia”....
African-American Slaves and Religion in Colonial Virginia: An Interview By Rachel Popp, Former Museum Interpreter & Volunteer Coordinator
On a beautiful Wednesday morning with the sun shining down on Christopher Newport University’s campus, I sat down with Dr. Phillip Hamilton for an interview. I quickly explained the origins of Historic St. Luke’s to the professor of a class entitled The Rise and Fall...