October 2023
Update on the Stafford County Museum
Thursday October 19th 2023 7:30 PM – 9:00 PM
Stafford County Administrative Center
1300 Courthouse Road, Stafford, VA, USA
with Terri Blanchette and Sue Henderson
This presentation will also be live streamed via Facebook. To view the presentation from Facebook, go to https://www.facebook.com/StaffordHistory. You should see the live feed listed at the top of the posts. If not, you may need to refresh your page.
September 2023
History of the U. S. Flag
Thursday September 21st 2023 7:30 PM – 9:00 PM
Stafford County Administrative Center
1300 Courthouse Road, Stafford, VA, USA
With Trip Wiggins.
This presentation will also be live streamed via Facebook. To view the presentation from Facebook, go to https://www.facebook.com/StaffordHistory. You should see the live feed listed at the top of the posts. If not, you may need to refresh your page.
August 2023
Stafford County School Murals
Thursday August 17th 2023 7:30 PM – 9:00 PM
Stafford County Administrative Center
1300 Courthouse Road, Stafford, VA, USA
with Casey Clark. Casey will share insights about the various murals that have been completed throughout the county.
This presentation will also be live streamed via Facebook. To view the presentation from Facebook, go to https://www.facebook.com/StaffordHistory. You should see the live feed listed at the top of the posts. If not, you may need to refresh your page.
July 2023
Annual SCHS Picnic
Thursday July 20th 2023 6:30 PM – 9:00 PM
Members Only – Join now for FREE! Please bring a dish to share.
June 2023
Juneteenth Celebration with NAACP
Saturday June 17th 2023 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
The Stafford County NAACP will return to Colonial Forge H.S. for their 2nd Annual Juneteenth Commemoration and Celebration of June 19, 1865! So many participants are eagerly returning and many more are joining. It is promising to be quite a joyous, educational and fun-filled occasion so, please save the date and join us!!
History of Juneteenth
Thursday June 15th 2023 7:30 PM – 9:00 PM
Please join us June15, 2023 at 7:30 p.m. for our monthly meeting. Our speaker will be EUNICE E. Y. HAIGLER. After retiring as a Mental Health Professional working in every aspect of human services Eunice E.Y. Haigler has become a local historian, activist, advocate and the Community Liaison to former Commonwealth of Virginia State Legislator, Joshua Cole. Eunice specializes in Human Relationship Building and has diligently worked to eradicate racism by advocating for change, being a resource for education, instilling diversity awareness and understanding, and by improving information access.
Eunice’s advocacy and activism activities with the Virginia Organizing team has led to many changes in Virginia. When the Unitarian Universalist Church in Fredericksburg, Virginia wanted to become more racially diversified, upon reaching out to Virginia Organizing, the Race Coalition was organized. Out of that effort, Eunice looked for actions that would lead to sustainability and she discovered that it was the 150th anniversary of Juneteenth. However, Juneteenth was not a state or federal holiday. She set forth on a seven-year project to make Juneteenth a legal state holiday. This was accomplished on October 13, 2020, when then Governor Ralph Northam proclaimed Juneteenth a legal statewide holiday in answer to Mrs. Haigler’s years of hard work and prayers.
Joining Eunice will be her cousin Frank White reading a poem he wrote about Juneteenth.
This presentation will also be live streamed via Facebook. To view the presentation from Facebook, go to https://www.facebook.com/StaffordHistory. You should see the live feed listed at the top of the posts. If not, you may need to refresh your page.