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BORN FROM CONFLICT: a 17th-Century Living History Event (Smithfield)
September 12 @ 9:00 am - September 13 @ 5:00 pm
Each year in early September, traditionally the first weekend after Labor Day, St. Luke’s Historic Church & Museum hosts an immersive 17th-century living history event that transports visitors back into the world of early colonial Virginia. This family-friendly program brings history to life through interactive experiences and demonstrations that highlight the culture, daily life, and complex history of the 1600s in the Isle of Wight region. St Luke’s Church and Museum will host 17th century Music Performances as well as Lectures by renowned archeologists and historians.
During the event, historical interpreters and reenactors portray craftspeople, settlers, and other figures from the century, demonstrating traditional skills like dancing, cooking over open hearths, ironworking, brickmaking, and other trades that shaped early Virginia life. Visitors stroll the historic grounds, interact with interpreters, and gain hands-on insight into how people lived, worked, and worshiped more than 300 years ago.
If you would like more information on how to participate as an interpreter, performer or lecturer please email Contact@stlukesmuseum.org.
This Event is Free to all but guest registration and check in is required.
Seating is limited for lectures and performances inside the Old Brick Church and individual registration is required for those free events as well. Email Contact@stlukesmuseum.org