"Woodlawn on the Eve of the Civil War: A Changing Cultural Landscape." From plantation slavery to an integrated community - 1846-1865 Susan Hellman is a professional architectural historian with an M.A. from the University of Virginia School of Architecture and a B.A. from Duke University. After several years working as a Historian for Fairfax County, she is now the Deputy Director of Woodlawn/Pope-Leighey. Maddy McCoy is a Certified Historic Preservationist and creator of the Fairfax County, Virginia Slavery Inventory Database, a searchable genealogical database of enslaved and free black individuals who lived in Fairfax County, Virginia prior to 1865. She is a Historian for the Fairfax County Park Authority, and part of Gunston Hall's Seeds of Independence Group, researching the post-bellum African American community on Mason Neck. Thursday, September 30 Historic Woodlawn 7 - 9 p.m. Admission: $15.00; National Trust members; $10.00 RSVP: Please respond to Karen Sherwood at 703-780-4000 extension 26321 or [log in to unmask] All major credit cards accepted; checks payable to Woodlawn http://woodlawn1805.org/events/ <blocked::http://woodlawn1805.org/events/> ______________________________________ To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html