The Potomac:  The Early National Period, will take place at The Lyceum,
Alexandria's History Museum, on Thursday, October 14.

The Potomac History Seminar is directed towards museum professionals,
cultural resource managers, archaeologists, historic preservation
specialists, landscape and preservation architects, and historians.

Conference speakers will explore and discuss significant new research about
the growth of America following the Revolution, struggles to create an
effective new government, the architecture of the period in and around
Washington, and related topics.  The keynote speaker will provide an
overview of the period, exploring how 13 colonies became one nation, as
well as the new role of the United States as a democracy in a world made up
largely of monarchies.

The Seminar registration fee is $45, and includes three lectures and the
interpreted walking tour.  Lunch is on-your-own and the museum staff can
direct you to any of dozens of restaurants within just a few blocks of The
Lyceum.

Registration is available on-line at www.HistoricAlexandria.org by clicking
on ‘Shop,’ or by calling The Lyceum for a conference registration brochure.

Schedule:

8:30 a.m. -- Registration, coffee

9 a.m. -- Introduction

9:15 a.m. -- Virginia, the West, and the Union: A Geopolitical Perspective
Peter Onuf, University of Virginia

10 a.m. -- Valley of Destiny: The Lure of the Potomac
John Larson, Purdue University

10:45 a.m. -- Q/A with both AM speakers

11:15 a.m. -- Lunch on your own in Old Town Alexandria

1 p.m. -- Robert Mills in Washington and Alexandria, 1800 - 1855
Pamela Scott – Architectural Historian

1:45 p.m. -- Q/A with Pamela Scott

2 p.m. -- Old Town walking tour of period architecture with City historic
preservation staff

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at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html