Bill Trout and I attended the Fall Festival at Rassawek on October 23 and 24, to represent the VC&NS and educate the public about our mission as well as to solicit new members. The event was very well advertised and over 5000 people came on the first day alone. Because we were located just inside…
Since moving Bill’s collection into the Batteau House, we’ve found it growing! A tobacco hogshead must be the most striking addition, but the archive is surely expanding with exhibits and ephemera. Recent improvements have been made to presentation of exhibits in our primary hall, and we hope to open in the fall. This treasure must…
The Great Bridge Battlefield & Waterways History Foundation held their 7th annual Waterways Heritage Festival on October 15th, 2016. The festival is held at a park in Chesapeake, Virginia adjacent to where the Elizabeth River meets the Chesapeake and Albemarle Canal. It is free, includes boat rides through the Great Bridge Lock and has many…
The 2016 New London day was very nice. Sponsored by The Friends of New London and Liberty University, the event was held at the historic village of New London which is just west of Lynchburg in Campbell County, VA. The VC&NS had a table with our publications on display. Photos of the event have been…
The VCNS conference continued on Saturday morning with a tour of canal sites led by Dr. Bill Trout. We started off in downtown Lynchburg at the bottom of 9th St. Bill showed a model of the area to point out the way the canal went under the archway and the way the railroad tracks went…
The 2016 annual conference for the Virginia Canals & Navigations Society kicked off on Friday April 22, 2016 at “Batteau House”, which is the new home for the VCNS. Dr. Bill Trout was showing off some of the many many artifacts, batteau and canal things on display all over the house. Gail Timberlake, VCNS President,…