The next program in the Virginia Heritage Resource Center's Mining the Treasure House lecture series will be held at noon on Tuesday, 16 January 2007 in the conference rooms adjacent to the lobby of the Library of Virginia at 800 East Broad Street in downtown Richmond. The Richmond Religious History Consortium will present the first in a series of programs on the city's unique role in the story of American religious liberty, entitled Rarities of Religious Freedom: Documents from the Library of Virginia. The Virginia Statute for Religious Liberty was passed into law in Richmond in January 1786. The first program, featuring State Archivist Conley Edwards and Library of Virginia historian Brent Tarter, will set the historical context for commemorating religious liberty in connection with the Jamestown 2007 dedication of January as religious history month. Original archival material from the 1770s and 1780s will be on display to illustrate the roles that different Virginians played in passing the Statute for Religious Liberty, one of the most important documents in all of American religious history. There is free underground parking for Library patrons but please note that space is limited. For more information on this and other programs and services of the Library of Virginia please visit the Library's web site at http://www.lva.lib.va.us <http://www.lva.lib.va.us/> or call 804-692-3592. To subscribe, change options or unsubscribe please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html <http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html> or http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-roots.html <http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-roots.html> To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-roots.html