VA 250 Symposium

Join in the celebration of the semiquincentennial anniversary of Virginia and our nation as notable speakers share stories of the start of our democracy 250 years ago. The program begins inside the restored Henry County Courtroom at 3 p ., as a special installment of the MHC Historical Society’s Sunday Afternoon Lecture Guerrant will speak on "Securing Independence, Not Just Declaring It."Thomas Sobol, Supervisory Ranger of Guilford Courthouse National Military Park, will speak on "The Soldiers of Guilford Courthouse Examined through their Pension Applications.” In the 1800s, Congress passed a series of bills to provide pensions to Revolutionary War veterans and their survivors. Sobol will highlight the park's research findings after the transcription of 2,000 pension applications. He will also discuss the service records of select veterans of the battle of Guilford Courthouse. Greene's army included escaped prisoners of war from Savannah and Charleston, former soldiers of the Crown… View Source