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Friday, May 25, 2012
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Sunday, May 27, 2012
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2012 Vandalia Gathering |
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The free, three-day festival featuring traditional arts, music, dance, stories, crafts and food of West Virginia includes old-time fiddle, bluegrass banjo and mandolin contests on Saturday and old-time banjo, lap dulcimer and flat-pick guitar on Sunday. Competitions for best pound cake and best cupcake are scheduled for Saturday, and the Liars’ Contest is held on Sunday.
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Thursday, May 31, 2012
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7:00 pm |
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Grave Creek Mound 2012 Lecture & Film Series |
Exploring the Dark Zone: Archaeological Investigations at Mammoth Cave
Patrick D. Trader (Principal Investigator, Gray & Pape, Inc.)
Kentucky’s Mammoth Cave is one of America’s natural wonders and the longest cave system in the world.
Free of Charge & Open to the Public. |
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Wednesday, June 20, 2012
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All Day event |
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WV Day Celebration! |
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Join us for activities and events throughout the day at WV Independence Hall. |
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Thursday, June 28, 2012
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7:00 pm |
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Grave Creek Mound 2012 Lecture & Film Series |
Growing a Garden at Grave Creek: Second Annual Tour of the Interpretive Garden
Andrea K. Keller (Cultural Program Coordinator, Grave Creek Mound Archaeological Complex)
An outdoor tour of Grave Creek Mound’s Interpretive Garden highlights plants found in archaeological sites and grown in traditional “Three Sisters” Native American gardens.
Free of Charge & Open to the Public. |
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Thursday, July 26, 2012
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7:00 pm |
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Grave Creek Mound 2012 Lecture & Film Series |
Film - Time Team America: Fort Raleigh, NC
Hosted by Andrea K. Keller and David E. Rotenizer (Grave Creek Mound Archaeological Complex)
In 1586, the first British colony was established at Roanoke Island.
Free of Charge & Open to the Public. |
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Thursday, August 30, 2012
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7:00 pm |
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Grave Creek Mound 2012 Lecture & Film Series |
Film - Secrets of the Dead: Black Beard’s Lost Ship
Hosted by Andrea K. Keller and David E. Rotenizer (Grave Creek Mound Archaeological Complex)
The pirate Blackbeard’s flagship, “Queen Anne’s Revenge”, is discovered and investigated by marine archaeologists off the Coast of North Carolina.
Free of Charge & Open to the Public. |
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Saturday, September 22, 2012
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2:00pm |
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History Alive! |
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History Alive! presentation by Don Teter, portraying David Hunter Strother (a.k.a. Porte Crayon). |
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Thursday, September 27, 2012
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7:00 pm |
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Grave Creek Mound 2012 Lecture & Film Series |
Recent Excavations in Marshall County, WV
Jamie S. Meece, Stevan C. Pullins and C. Michael Anslinger ( Cultural Resource Analysts, Inc. )
A local archaeological excavation is featured in this discussion of a project that was recently completed in an area proposed for industrial development along the Ohio River south of Moundsville.
Free of Charge & Open to the Public. |
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Saturday, October 13, 2012
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2:00pm |
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History Alive! |
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History Alive! presentation by Doug Riley, portraying Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson. |
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Thursday, October 25, 2012
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7:00 pm |
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Grave Creek Mound 2012 Lecture & Film Series |
Multidisciplinary Excavations at the Flint Run Paleoindian Complex in Warren County, Virginia
Dr. Joan M. Walker (President, Thunderbird Research Corporation)
Ground-breaking work at this complex of sites uncovered flint working clusters, living floors, and Paleoindian house patterns that were up to12,000 years old.
Free of Charge & Open to the Public. |
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Thursday, November 29, 2012
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7:00 pm |
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Grave Creek Mound 2012 Lecture & Film Series |
Native Wisdom: Lessons from the Elders and the Land
Robert Pirner (Lecturer in Native American Studies, West Virginia University)
Robert Pirner grew up in the Spring Creek Community on the Rosebud Lakota Reservation, which is one of the last traditional Lakota communities and is located in South Dakota.
Free of Charge & Open to the Public. |
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Saturday, December 15, 2012
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All day events |
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“Holidays at the Hall" |
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“Holidays at the Hall.” Join us for a annual Christmas open house! Events throughout the day. |
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Thursday, December 27, 2012
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7:00 pm |
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Grave Creek Mound 2012 Lecture & Film Series |
Film – Poverty Point Earthworks: Evolutionary Milestones of the Americas
Hosted by Andrea K. Keller and David E. Rotenizer (Grave Creek Mound Archaeological Complex)
One of the largest Native American earthworks is located at The Poverty Point State Historic Site in northeastern Louisiana.
Free of Charge & Open to the Public. |
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