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Stratford Hall
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In the time of the Lees, travelers to the Northern Neck found a warm welcome, a good bed and fine meal at Stratford Hall. Built by Thomas Lee in the 1730s, Stratford Hall is one of the great houses of American history. Four generations of the Lee family passed through its stately doors, including two signers of the Declaration of Independence, Richard Henry Lee and Francis Lightfoot Lee, Revolutionary War hero "Light Horse Harry" Lee and his son, Civil War General Robert E. Lee, who was born at Stratford in 1807.
Resilient Roots: Vanessa and Linda
Resilient Roots Project
Listen to some of the powerful stories of descendants of the enslaved at Stratford Hall, intertwining personal narratives with the profound emotions experienced by those who have returned to visit the very land their ancestors once worked. This series not only uncovers the history embedded in these grounds but also captures the deep reflections and poignant moments of connection felt by those who are reclaiming their family’s legacy. Through these stories, “Resilient Roots” honors the enduring strength, resilience, and spirit of the families who shaped Stratford Hall, while offering a space for healing, remembrance, and reconnection.
This project is funded by the Jessie Ball duPont Fund.
If you are a descendant of the enslaved at Stratford Hall, and want to be a part of telling your family’s history, please contact:
Denise Smith, African American Descendant Coordinator Stratford Hall
483 Great House Rd
Stratford, VA 22558
dsmith@stratfordhall.org
804-493-8038
Listen to some of the powerful stories of descendants of the enslaved at Stratford Hall, intertwining personal narratives with the profound emotions experienced by those who have returned to visit the very land their ancestors once worked. This series not only uncovers the history embedded in these grounds but also captures the deep reflections and poignant moments of connection felt by those who are reclaiming their family’s legacy. Through these stories, “Resilient Roots” honors the enduring strength, resilience, and spirit of the families who shaped Stratford Hall, while offering a space for healing, remembrance, and reconnection.
This project is funded by the Jessie Ball duPont Fund.
If you are a descendant of the enslaved at Stratford Hall, and want to be a part of telling your family’s history, please contact:
Denise Smith, African American Descendant Coordinator Stratford Hall
483 Great House Rd
Stratford, VA 22558
dsmith@stratfordhall.org
804-493-8038
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Resilient Roots: Lonnie
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Resilient Roots Project Listen to some of the powerful stories of descendants of the enslaved at Stratford Hall, intertwining personal narratives with the profound emotions experienced by those who have returned to visit the very land their ancestors once worked. This series not only uncovers the history embedded in these grounds but also captures the deep reflections and poignant moments of co...
Resilient Roots Kamari
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Resilient Roots Project Listen to some of the powerful stories of descendants of the enslaved at Stratford Hall, intertwining personal narratives with the profound emotions experienced by those who have returned to visit the very land their ancestors once worked. This series not only uncovers the history embedded in these grounds but also captures the deep reflections and poignant moments of co...
Resilient Roots: Paul
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Resilient Roots Project Listen to some of the powerful stories of descendants of the enslaved at Stratford Hall, intertwining personal narratives with the profound emotions experienced by those who have returned to visit the very land their ancestors once worked. This series not only uncovers the history embedded in these grounds but also captures the deep reflections and poignant moments of co...
Remembering Leedstown: A Dialogue
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Join Stratford Hall's Director of Research Dr. Gordon Blaine Steffey and Marquette University 's Dr. J. Patrick Mullins as they discuss the backdrop, circumstances, and legacy of the 1766 Leedstown Resolves, a local and momentous act of colonial dissent against the 1765 Stamp Act. Come learn about and commemorate this significant event that stands at the headwaters of the American Revolution. A...
The Early Pleistocene Fossil Fauna and Flora at Stratford Hall - A Steadily Expanding Story"
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Join presenters, Dr. Robert Weems and Bryan Landacre of the Florence Bascom Geoscience Center as they discuss the story preserved within the Bacons Castle Formation found within the cliffs high above Stratford Hall's beach. By analyzing the pollen and animal fossils recovered from the cliffs and beach, Dr. Weems and Mr. Landacre will reconstruct the paleoecology of an interglacial age that occu...
Annual Lee Lecture: “The Civil War Memoir Market Minus the Book by Lee”
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Dr. Stephen Cushman of the University of Virginia speaks at Stratford Hall for the Annual Lecture in January 2024. How did market forces shape the production of Civil War Generals' memoirs and influence memories of the war? What can these texts tell us about current conflicts over the history and meanings of the Civil War? Dr. Cushman is a poet and scholar of American literature and the Civil W...
Robert E. Lee and the Pursuit of Perfection with Dr. Allen Guelzo
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Robert E. Lee was often characterized as remote and not given to self-revelation. But that was part of a lifetime pattern, cast by the long shadow of his father Light-Horse Harry Lee in which Lee was driven to pursue perfection, independence and security. Only as President of Washington College did he bring these pursuits into harmony. Join Dr. Allen Guelzo, Senior Research Scholar in the Counc...
‘Restless Genius’ - Arthur Lee & the Life of Purpose - December 20, 2022
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Join Dr. Gordon Blaine Steffey, Stratford Hall's Director of Research & the Jessie Ball duPont Memorial Library, as he commemorates the birthday of the man Benjamin Franklin called “that restless genius,” Arthur Lee. The youngest son of Thomas and Hannah Lee of Stratford Hall always made an impression on those he encountered in his several areas of expertise. To some he was a wrongly maligned p...
Caesar's Chocolate: The History and Legacy of one of Virginia's Earliest Chocolate Makers
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Tune in to watch Stratford Hall's Vice President of Collections & Public Engagement Dr. Kelley Fanto Deetz as she presents Caesar's Chocolate: The History and Legacy of one of Virginia's Earliest Chocolate Makers with Bravo TV Top Chef finalist and Celebrity Chef, Christopher Scott, and Stratford Hall's Resident Historical Interpreter, Dontavius Williams. During the program, the duo makes two c...
Good Mourning: A Tribute to the Dead
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Join Stratford Hall’s Curator, Amy Connolly, as she explores the melancholic material world of mourning and its evolution during the Lee era.
Colonial Baking with 18th-Century Baker Justin Cherry
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Join us for an evening Justin Cherry as he bakes in Stratford’s original 1738 oven and features savory pies and pastries. Learn a few tips and tricks from the professional baker and impress your guests at Thanksgiving with a historic recipe. Original Program Date: November 23, 2021.
Stratford’s Spirits: Witch Marks and Conjure during the Lee Era
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Join Stratford Hall's Director of Collections and Visitor Engagement, Dr. Kelley Fanto Deetz, and Curator, Amy Connolly, as they look into colonial beliefs about witches and spirits and showcase the evidence found carved into the walls of Stratford Hall.
Colonial Baking with 18th-Century Baker Justin Cherry
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Join us for an evening Justin Cherry as he bakes in Stratford’s original 1738 oven. Learn a few tips and tricks from the professional baker and impress your guests at Thanksgiving with a historic recipe. Original Program Date: November 16, 2020. About Justin Cherry: Chef/owner of Half Crown Bakehouse (est. 2017), which brings historically accurate made bread and other baked goods of the 18th ce...
“Long and Assiduous Endeavors”: The Archaeological Exploration of John Custis’ Williamsburg Garden
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Join Stratford Hall's Director of Collections and Visitor Engagement, Dr. Kelley Fanto Deetz, and Jack Gary, Director of Archaeology at @ColonialWilliamsburg, as they lead us through a discussion about John Custis IV, creator of one of the most renowned colonial gardens of the early 18th century. John Custis IV is one of Williamsburg’s more colorful historic residents. In addition to being a me...
Stratford's First Family: The Material World of Thomas and Hannah Ludwell Lee
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Stratford's First Family: The Material World of Thomas and Hannah Ludwell Lee
Sugar, Slavery, and Revolution: The Real History of White Gold
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Sugar, Slavery, and Revolution: The Real History of White Gold
Thomas Lee, Stratford Hall and the Ohio Company
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Thomas Lee, Stratford Hall and the Ohio Company
Science Saturday at Stratford Hall: Understanding Deep Time
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Science Saturday at Stratford Hall: Understanding Deep Time
Chocolate and Soul Food, from Colonial Virginia to Contemporary Kitchens
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Chocolate and Soul Food, from Colonial Virginia to Contemporary Kitchens
Science Saturday at Stratford Hall: Monsters of the Miocene
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Science Saturday at Stratford Hall: Monsters of the Miocene
Science Saturday at Stratford Hall: Oysters and the Chesapeake Bay
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Science Saturday at Stratford Hall: Oysters and the Chesapeake Bay
Science Saturday at Stratford Hall: Birding the Miocene
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Science Saturday at Stratford Hall: Birding the Miocene
Science Saturday at Stratford Hall: The Stratford Hall Whale and the Fossil Record
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Science Saturday at Stratford Hall: The Stratford Hall Whale and the Fossil Record
Stratford at the Crossroads: Atlantic Cultures & the Creation of America Sneak Peek
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Stratford at the Crossroads: Atlantic Cultures & the Creation of America Sneak Peek
Science Saturday at Stratford Hall: When Dinosaurs Roamed Fredericksburg
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Science Saturday at Stratford Hall: When Dinosaurs Roamed Fredericksburg
Science Saturday: Archaeology at Stratford Hall
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Science Saturday: Archaeology at Stratford Hall
Hidden in the Walls: Secrets of the Enslaved Community at Stratford Hall
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Hidden in the Walls: Secrets of the Enslaved Community at Stratford Hall
Caribbean Rum and the Making of the Atlantic World
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Caribbean Rum and the Making of the Atlantic World
Science Saturday at Stratford Hall: The Mystery of Sharks
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Science Saturday at Stratford Hall: The Mystery of Sharks
So perfect he put a dagger in the back of the country that educated him. He is a traitor to our nation and it is not possible to be a patriot and love the United States and worship those who stuck out to murder it.
I am a descendant of the Payne family slaves
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I am a long time pipe smoker. Absolutely fantastic video!!!🙏🙏👏👏👏👏👏
It's Pipestone, Minnesota... not Missouri.
As to Lee’s racism, it was no worse than Charles Darwin’s. And it has been reported that when General Grant, own his world tour, was consulted by the Emperor of Japan, who was managed in a rapid modernization of his Empire, he expressed doubts about democracy, Leading the Emperor to prefer something more like that British system.
Yeah no Darwin at least opposed slavery. As Grant said it’s one of the worse cause anyone fought for and one which had the least excuse. Lee was a mean slave owner by Virginia standards and separated families together since the time of Washington. He went to court to keep them in bondage for longer. After the war his one political view was opposing black people getting the right to vote.
Need a Part 2 on Arthur Lee. This was sooo awesome. What a fantastic presentation!!! Thank you, Dr. Steffey for your hard work on this presentation.
Good presentation. Despite a keen intellect, and a command of facts, Mr Guelzo seems incapable of truly understanding the mindset of a man like Lee, and of the Confederates, generally. This is no indictment of Mr. Guelzo, just an observation of not only him, but of almost all unionist-minded historians. We all have our shortcomings where understanding people and history are concerned.
Yeah your short coming is being taught lost cause history all your life
thank u
I fear rule by the majority an a strong federal government. It’s a rational position to take now, let alone in Virginia in 1866.
That’s my real Family
Dr. Guelzo is an American treasure. Since Dr Guelzo likes sports analogies… he’s like the ‘85 bears of modern day civil war historians. Gallagher and McPherson are the Steelers and the Patriots 🤣
Genius
Wonderful presentation,very enlightening!
Thomas is my 9 x 1st Cousin❤
Presentation is good, reading the book is even better, but this is worth a watch for the excellent excellent Q and A
Thank you for a wonderful presentation. I am a Trustee and a cook at the 1760 Joseph Turner House Museum in Hunterdon County NJ. We are always looking for interesting programs like this.
Making money on our faces. Killing USALL to keep theirs well powered. I hate it. I think they should destroy it. Instead of celebrate it. I know you can’t destroy these items but I truly hate seeing them they hurt so much. The Lee family huh. Some thing for nothing. We were here first you killer thieves. I will be so happy when we get you colonizers our and gone. Don’t worry we won’t enslave you or your offspring. We won’t brand you or whip you or miss educate your children
My grandfather and my uncle was in this
Great talk I really enjoyed it. The young lady has the eyes and random giggle of someone well versed with smoking.
I have the Hannah Glasse book but could not find the pastilles recipe. What page is it on. Thank you for this presentation. Well done.
Wonder how this Georgian Stately Home survived the war? A well preserved gem. Lovely! 👌🏻
Great information thank you both so much.
Thank you Dr. Kelly Enjoying these Show's you Show.
Dogs can get distemper
this is kind of paint and that's a disease
My family mansion back in the day.
One of the most important homes in America!
Waste of time... I hate to waste my data bro
सर मैं एक पेन्टर हूं कलर पुट्टी झूले का काम झूले पर पेंट करना दीवार हर काम कर लेता हूं सर मुझे काम किए हुए भाई मेरा व्हाट्सएप नंबर है8980717821नाम प्रदीप साहू
The American War for Independence was not "a struggle to be united", but that's okay. God bless the Lees.
Looks like the beginning of a good movie
I am happy to see an african american brother with such an invaluable traditional skill
Watching this video you could think that hunger in 1932-33 were caused by Stalin. It is not true. The cause of famine in 1932-1933 were challenging farming conditions and agricultural backwardness inherited from the Russian Empire. During the 19th century hunger happened every 4 years, catastrophic hunger happened every 10-12 years. For example, there was a hunger in 1891-1892, 1897-1898, 1906-1907. Almost 3 million people died without any hunger in 1889. It was natural mortality in Russia. So called “Holodomor” - hunger in 1932-1933 in Ukraine (part of USSR) was only the part of a hunger in several regions, including Hungary, Kazakhstan.
..and 1921-22... ^..^
State-sanctioned famine...
Fascinating. But while it snows in Uzbekistan, it doesn't snow that much! The soviet union covered a mass geography. Uzbekistan was a southern republic with long, hot summers and cold but pretty short winters. Also, more on Langston Hughes in Soviet Central Asia: steppemagazine.com/articles/langston-hughes-in-central-asia/
This is the Joseph J Roane story, not the Langston Hughes story .
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Very creative! Good job. :)
Im the one playing the Violin! :)