Montpelier Slave Descendants Reunion, June 8-10, 2007


Registration Packet

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Schedule of Events:
Friday, June 8
5:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.Registration
Genealogy & Research Tables
BBQ Reception
Saturday, June 9
8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.Registration
Coffee and Pastries
8:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.Welcome
Mr. Michael Quinn, Montpelier Foundation President
Ms. Rebecca Gilmore Coleman, OCAAHS President
9:00 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.The Madison Plantation Landscape
Dr. Matthew Reeves,
Montpelier Foundation Archaeology Director
11:00 a.m. - 11:45 a.m.Keynote Address
Dr. John Hope Franklin
Noon - 1:30 p.m.Lunch
1:30 p.m. - 2:15 p.m."The African-American DNA Roots Project"
Dr. Bruce Jackson
2:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.Genealogy Discussion
Dr. Dianne Swann-Wright & Mr. Robert Vernon
3:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.Genealogy & Research Tables
Tours of Gilmore Cabin & Freedman's Farm
7:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.Dinner Banquet
Sunday, June 10
9:30 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.Wreath Laying Ceremony at Slave Cemetery
10:30 a.m. - 11:45 a.m.Tent Service
Led by Rev. Youtha Hardman-Cromwell
Local church choirs
11:45 a.m. - NoonClosing & Goodbyes
12:15 p.m.Optional Lunch - Research & Genealogy Roundtables

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