Scandals in History
Tue, Jul 12
|The Chamberlin
This is a 6 month Series that will take place monthly, the 2nd Tuesday, July - December at The Chamberlin in Hampton.
Time & Location
Jul 12, 2022, 9:30 AM EDT – Dec 13, 2022, 11:30 AM EST
The Chamberlin, 2 Fenwick Rd., Hampton, VA 23651
About the event
Join us to hear award-winning historian John V. Quarstein present scandalous stories from Virginia history. These meetings are free, and beverages and snacks will be included.
About John Quarstein: Having spent his youth on Fort Monroe, where legends such as Abraham Lincoln and Robert E. Lee walked, John developed a deep interest in history which has led him to author 18 books, with three more on the horizon. As Director Emeritus of the USS Monitor Center, John presents history lectures nation-wide.
Monthly Topics:
Tuesday, 12 July: Virginia’s First Families - Even though First Families of Virginia, like the Lees and Randolphs, were noted for their outstanding leadership during the founding of the United States, many families of great wealth and power committed acts of moral, financial, and political failures which tainted their legacies.
Tuesday, 9 August: Spirits on USS MONITOR - Grog was developed during the 18th century to help…