On Thursday, June 14, 2007 at 5:30 pm the Library of Virginia will host a special program, titled “May We Be Worthy of Our Birthright”: Defining the Meaning of America at the Jamestown Commemorations, 1807–2007. John d'Entremont, the Theodore H. Jack Professor of History at Randolph Macon Woman’s College, will explore the effort to define America at the Jamestown commemorations of 1807, 1857, 1907, 1957, and 2007. Because America has always been a set of hopes as well as a spot on a map, and because the founding of the United States was accompanied by a document proclaiming principles as the nation's reason for being, every generation of Americans has been consumed with interpreting those principles and arguing over their application. Americans, by definition, care—and often disagree—about what it means and what it requires to be American. Civic commemorations are one venue at which that concern becomes vivid. Please RSVP to Jan Hathcock at 804-692-3592 if you are able to join us for this free event. Upcoming events: Wednesday, June 20, 2007, book talk at noon: The Best of Friends: Two Women, Two Continents, and One Enduring Friendship by Sara James and Ginger Mauney Thursday, June 28, 2007, book talk at noon: _Sexuality, Politics, and Social Control in Virginia, 1920–1945_ by Pippa Holloway Wednesday, July 11, 2007, special musical event at 5:30pm: Bob Carlin: Birth of the Banjo, please RSVP to Joseph Papa at 804-692-3900 Thursday, July 12, 2007, book talk at noon: _The Dance of Time: The Origins of the Calendar_ by Michael Judge