What's Been Happening This Spring

 
 
 

Twenty people accompanied Kermit Hobbs to various historic Civil War sites around Suffolk on the annual April battlefield tour. People came from as far away as Texas, South Carolina, and and New Jersey to see where their ancestors served in the Civil War.

 

Mrs. Edith Seiling Speaks at a Sunday Afternoon program about Gates County cabinetmaker Joseph Freeman. Several such programs were presented on topics that also included peanut harvesting and tobacco harvesting.

What's Happening This Summer and Fall

Suffolk Nansemond Historical Society and the Suffolk News Herald will jointly publish the News Herald's recent articles commemorating the 150th anniversary of the Siege of Suffolk. The new book will be forty pages in full color and contain two additional articles that did not appear in the newspaper series. The book will sell for $9.95 and will be available on June 10. All of the articles were written by SNHS member Kermit Hobbs. For more information, see this Flyer.

 

Touch A Truck, Train, and More will be return to the Train Station on October 5. Photos of last year's event are shown below.

The Society's popular Heirloom Sale is scheduled for September 7 at the Phillips-Dawson House.

This year's Christmas Candlelight Tour will be held on December 7 & 8. Visit the Candlelight Tour page for photos of table decorations featured at last year's tour.

 

SUFFOLK NANSEMOND HISTORICAL SOCIETY
P.O. Box 1255
Suffolk, Virginia 23439-1255

Phone (757)539-2781
Email: snhs@verizon.net

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Suffolk Nansemond Historical Society