Thomas Jefferson's Poplar Forest
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Friday March 22 1:30pm - Friday May 31 2:30pm EDT
Friday Field Days with Archaeology
Talks every Friday at 1:30 p.m. from march 22- May 31Join the Poplar Forest Archaeology and Landscapes Department every Friday from March 22-May 31 at 1:30 p.m. for an in-depth look into their current excavations and what they are learning about the people who lived in ......More
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Tuesday April 23 All Day
Lynchburg Garden Day
Add a tour of Thomas Jefferson’s private villa and ornamental gardens to your Lynchburg Garden Day itinerary. An avid gardener and one of America’s first landscape designers, Jefferson was enthralled with the natural world, recording his ideas for planning and planting ......More
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Saturday April 27 7:00pm EDT
Conversations with Thomas Jefferson and Marquis de Lafayette
At Academy Center of Arts, Main St. Lynchburg, VA. Performance at 7:00 p.m., followed by reception. In 1824, the Marquis de Lafayette made a triumphant return visit to tour the United States and revisit friends and fellow patriots he fought beside during the American......More
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Friday May 3 5:30pm - 7:00pm EDT
Book Talk: "In a Constitutional Way" by John Ragosta
Join Poplar Forest as we welcome John Ragosta, Historian at the Robert H. Smith International Center for Jefferson Studies at Monticello, to discuss his new book For the People, For the Country: Patrick Henry’s Final Political Battle. In 1798, with partisan battles ragi......More
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Friday May 17 through May 18
Restoration Behind the Scenes Tours
Tours offered on May 17th and 18th at 11:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. each day.Forty years ago, the octagonal villa at Poplar Forest looked quite different than it does today. Since 1989, using Jefferson’s documents and letters as his guide, Poplar Forest’s Restoration Departm......More
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Saturday May 18 9:30am - 1:00pm EDT
Historic Rose Sale & Talks
“Botany I rank with the most valuable sciences, whether we consider its subjects as furnishing the principal subsistence of life to man & beast, delicious varieties for our tables, refreshments from our orchards, the adornments of our flower-borders, shade and perfume o......More
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Friday May 24 6:30pm - Saturday May 25 8:30pm EDT
The Day is Past and Gone
Performances are May 24th and 25th at 6:30 p.m. each night.Rain date May 26th.Playwright Teresa Harris’s original drama returns to Jefferson’s south lawn for two performances only. Drawn from real-life experiences of the men and women who were enslaved at Poplar Forest,......More