OCAAHS February 16th, 2025 Program & Annual Meeting
OCAAHS 2025 Annual Meeting
Orange County African American County Heritage Program &
2025 Annual Membership Meeting
Sunday, February 16, 2025, 2:00 pm
The Arts Center in Orange
129 E Main Street
The program starts after a brief business meeting
Mapping and Uncovering African American Heritage in Central Virginia
Join us for an illuminating afternoon featuring two groundbreaking research projects exploring African American history in our region.
Archaeological excavation at Gordon Plantation site
Part 1: African and African-Descended Histories at Germanna
Kelly Arford-Horne, Archaeology Site Director, and Jennifer Hurst-Wender, Executive Director of Historic Germanna, will share discoveries about the Gordon family's remarkable journey from enslavement to freedom and their migration to Liberia.
Learn about recent archaeological findings that reveal the daily lives of enslaved people at the Gordon Plantation site, and how this research expands our understanding of 19th-century African American experiences in Orange County.
Historical document of Gordon Family Manumission
Part 2: Roots to Routes - Black Heritage Across Nine Counties
