This event is free and open to the public. Attend this virtual event on Google Meet.
This event is free and open to the public. Attend this virtual event on Google Meet.
This event is free and open to the public. Attend this virtual event on Google Meet.
This event is free and open to the public. Attend this virtual event on Google Meet.
This event is free and open to the public. Attend this virtual event on Google Meet.
Enjoy a special video montage of holiday music performed by the University of Lynchburg Wind Symphony and Orchestra, the Community Big Band, the Calabrone String Quartet, and the String Ensemble. Songs include "Up on the Housetop," "Greensleeves," "O Holy Night," "Christmas in a Nutshell," "It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year," "This Christmas," and others.
Dr. Frederick Douglass Opie is a professor of history and foodways at Babson College in Wellesley, Massachusetts. His lecture examines the historical relationship between food, drink, and politics, and regional differences across the United States.
Dr. Adam Dean is an associate professor of history and the John M. Turner Distinguished Professor in the Humanities at the University of Lynchburg. He is the author of "An Agrarian Republic: Farming, Antislavery Politics, and Nature Parks in the Civil War Era." An American Sign Language interpreter will be on hand for the lecture.
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