Scandals in Virginia History Series
Wed, Jan 29
|Harper's Station
Free to all.
Time & Location
Jan 29, 2025, 9:45 AM – 11:30 AM
Harper's Station, 4501 Victory Blvd, Yorktown, VA 23693, USA
About the event
Join us monthly to hear from historian John V. Quarstein about scandalous stories in Virginia’s history. Presentations are free and boxed lunches (to go) will be given out.
JANUARY 29: VIRGINIA SCANDALS: TALES THAT SHOCKED THE COMMONWEALTH
Virginia is often called the ‘Mother of Presidents’ and was home to the first English speaking permanent settlement in the New World - people who did indeed have many faults. Scandals ranged from Virginia Treasury loans given to indebted Virginia elites to the evil Henry “Blackhorse” Lee who allowed his wife to become an opium addict, bedded her sister causing her to become pregnant, and then sold his sister-in-law’s inheritance.
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