Exhibition: "Portrait of George Washington: The Man, the Soldier, the President," through July 31, 2016

Katrina King, the Tours and Visitor Engagement Coordinator at the Taubman Museum of Art in Roanoke, sent this information about their new exhibition, A Portrait of George Washington: The Man, the Soldier, the President.  The exhibition tells the story of the multi-faceted nature of George Washington through important personal effects, art, and historic objects. Hallmark works of the exhibition include an important painting of George Washington by Charles Willson Peale painted in 1780-82, flanked by two exquisite battle scenes depicting both the siege and surrender of Yorktown to George Washington painted by French artist Louise Nicholas Van Blarenberghe. The exhibition will be on view until July 31^st.

She specifically invited members of the American Revolution Round Table of Richmond to visit the museum and Washington’s exhibition. General admission to the museum is free and the hours are Wednesday through Saturday, 10:00 am-5:00 p.m. and Sunday 12 noon-5:00 p.m.. They also give guided tours.  Information is here.  http://www.taubmanmuseum.org/main/adult-tours 

Katrina King

Tours and Visitor Engagement Coordinator

540.204.4131  110 Salem Avenue SE Roanoke, VA 24011

Additional Nominations for our 2016 Book Award

There are three additional nominations for our 2016 book award:

John Beakes, Otho Holland Williams in the American Revolution (Mount Pleasant, SC: Nautical & Aviation Publishing Co. of America, 2015).

Ethan A. Schmidt, Native Americans in the American Revolution: How the War Divided, Devastated, and Transformed the Early American Indian World (Santa Barbara, CA: Praeger, 2014).

Robert M. Owens, Red Dreams, White Nightmares:  Pan-Indian Alliances in the Anglo-American Mind, 1763-1815 (Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 2015).