The Museum of Culpeper History will offer a free webinar on the history of witchcraft in colonial Virginia on Tuesday, October 19, at 5:00 PM. Author/historian Carson Hudson of Williamsburg will reveal how witches in early America were not limited to the Salem Witch Trials. Grace Sherwood and other Virginians were tried and punished for their unorthodox behaviour and lifestyles.
Hudson is a practicing military and social historian, author, and Emmy Award-winning screenwriter. He has worked for the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, The National Park Service, The Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation, the Mariners’ Museum/USS Monitor Center and the National Museum of the Civil War Soldier. Today, he lectures regularly on a wide variety of subjects, but his particular interests are the Civil War and colonial witchcraft.
The program will stream live on the museum’s Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/MuseumOfCulpeperHistory. For more information, visit the museum’s website at www.culpepermuseum.com or call 540-829-1749.
Explore the history of witchcraft in colonial Virginia! Most people have heard about the Salem Witch Trials, but what about the women accused of witchcraft in Virginia? Go into Halloween with your eyes wide open to the real history of witches! Guest speaker Carson Hudson will use primary source material and the history of witchcraft to unravel the truth behind witch trials in Virginia.
Tuesday Oct 19, 2021
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM EDT
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629 Sperryville Pike, Culpeper, VA 22701 – (540) 825-8628 – amy@culpeperchamber.com