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Saturday, September 21
"Historic Homes and Properties Tours, Nelson County, Virginia" book signing and open house  (Special Events)
10:00 am to 4:00 pm
Becky Howard, longtime Society board member, and homes tour captain, recently published Historic Homes and Properties Tours, Nelson County, Virginia, a comprehensive photograph book showcasing houses and other buildings from 26 years of historic homes tours in Nelson County. The publication includes a color photograph of each property at the time of the tour with general location, year built, and associated families.
 
At the open house, the 135-page book will be available for purchase for $25; you can also buy it at the Society’s Museum Store. Becky will be joined by other historic homes tour captains from years past who will also be on hand to answer questions and sign copies of the book.
 
We are looking forward to seeing you there!
 


Saturday, September 21
Monthly Genealogy Class  (Special Events)
1:00 pm to 2:00 pm
Nelson Memorial Library
Debbie Harvey, CG
 
All sessions are free and open to the public.
 
Questions: email debbie@backtorootsgen.com.



Saturday, October 12
"Wayne’s Amazing Apple Recipe Book & The American Revolution in Virginia" with Wayne Drumheller  (Program)
11:00 am to 2:00 pm
Oakland Museum, 5365 Thomas Nelson Hwy, Arrington, VA 22922
Wayne Drumheller invites friends, associates, and volunteers to stop by Oakland Museum for a discussion of his new book, Wayne’s Amazing Apple Recipe Book & The American Revolution in Virginia.
 
Free American Revolutionary Era apple recipe sample (from the book) will be available for visitors and guests.
 
Wayne Drumheller is a photojournalist and bestselling author 12 non-fiction and fiction amazon books. For the American Revolution 250 Project, he has self-funded and published a collectible series of “Wayne’s Amazing Apple Recipe Book & The American Revolution” for all 13 colonies that became the first 15 United States.
 
He is a graduate of the US Army Photography School at Fort Monmouth, NJ, and a distinguished service alumnus of the US Army Pictorial Center/Paramount Studio in NYC. As a US Army Veteran on the GI Bill, he received his Bachelor's Degree from Sonoma State University, California, and his Master of Education Degree from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. He is a member of the Virginia Blue Ridge Writers Club, Rockfish River Valley Writers, North Carolina Writers' Network, Burlington North Carolina Writers Club, Nelson County Historical Society and numerous writers and photographer groups across the USA.
 
For more information: waynedrumheller.hd@gmail.com