The next program in the Virginia Heritage Resource Center's Mining the
Treasure House lecture series will be held at noon on Wednesday,
February 16, 2011 in the conference rooms adjacent to the lobby at the
Library of Virginia, 800 East Broad Street in dowtown Richmond.

During the secession crisis most Virginians were loyal Unionists,
capitulating only when President Lincoln called for state militia
volunteers to suppress the insurrection in the Deep South. Some remained
Unionists even after Virginia seceded. Among these were members of the
Bowden family, whose opposition to disunion resulted in great personal
sacrifice and placed them on an unlikely path of political activism that
stretched from the Civil War to the end of the 19th century. Don Gunter,
recently retired from the Library's Publications Division, will discuss
how their decision affected the Bowden family in a talk,  "Bowden the
Traitor: A Unionist Family in Confederate Williamsburg."

There is free underground parking for Library patrons but please note
that space is limited, especially as the General Assembly is in session.

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