Join a guided reading of selections from a Botetourt County family journal kept by Mary Margaret Persinger from 1907-1912. Explore themes of race, family, resilience, and community, followed by a group discussion. Presented by Victoria Persinger Ferguson, a Virginia historian and archeologist at Virginia Tech who is also a direct descendant of the Persingers and an enrolled citizen of the Monacan Indian Nation of Virginia.
Details
August 08, 2026 - August 08, 2026 11:00 AM - 1:30 PM Botetourt County
Fincastle Library Meeting Room 11 Academy Street Fincastle, VA 24090
Category: Lecture/Seminar
Donate to VA250
Thank you for supporting VA250!
Gifts can be made by check to Virginia Commemorations, Inc. at
200 Hawks Nest Dr.
Williamsburg, VA 23185
For more information, please contact:
Patrick Daughtry, Director of Major Gifts
(757) 936-0302 | pdaughtry@va250.org
Susan Nolan, Director of Institutional Giving
(757) 903-1060 | snolan@va250.org
Our Spring Sale Has Started
You can see how this popup was set up in our step-by-step guide: https://wppopupmaker.com/guides/auto-opening-announcement-popups/
