BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 X-WR-CALNAME:Richmond National Battlefield Park Events X-WR-CALDESC:Upcoming events at Richmond National Battlefield Park REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT12H CALSCALE:GREGORIAN PRODID:adamgibbons/ics METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT12H BEGIN:VEVENT UID:DCF3577B-B9CA-FBAB-838BC3E73E0A08D2@nps-ical SUMMARY:Gaines' Mill From Above and Below DTSTAMP:20260511T013502Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260530T100000 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260530 DESCRIPTION:The 1862 battle of Gaines' Mill was the largest in Virginia up to that time. Both sides used new technology\, such as balloons for observ ation\, machine guns\, repeating weapons\, and more. Park staff and re-ena ctors will demonstrate the Confederate attack formations used in the battl e\, and lead a special walking tour focused on new technology.\n\n \n\nWea pons Demonstrations at 10 am and 2 pm. Meet at the Mississippi Monument on Watt House Road.\n\n \n\nWalking tour begins at the Watt House (6283 Watt House Road\, Mechanicsville) at 11 am. The walking tour is one and a half hours and will cover 1.5 miles over uneven terrain. Good shoes\, water\, and bug spray are recommended.\n\n \n\nProgram is free.\n\nEvent details: https://www.nps.gov/planyourvisit/event-details.htm?id=DCF3577B-B9CA-FBAB- 838BC3E73E0A08D2\n\nAll events: https://www.nps.gov/rich/planyourvisit/cal endar.htm URL:https://www.nps.gov/planyourvisit/event-details.htm?id=DCF3577B-B9CA-FB AB-838BC3E73E0A08D2 LOCATION:6283 Watt House Road\nMechanicsville\, VA 23111 CATEGORIES:Cultural/Craft Demonstration,Guided Tour,Hike,Living History,Tal k,Walk END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:BC0D6562-0F86-B9FD-77439E079481AB64@nps-ical SUMMARY:Lectures on the Lawn - Jon Kukla: “How Sunk is Britain!”: Virginia’ s Turn to Independence\, Spring 1776 DTSTAMP:20260511T013502Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260604T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260604T193000 DESCRIPTION:The Rural Plains Foundation and the National Park Service are p leased to an-nounce the 2025 “Lectures on the Lawn” series for 2025. Join us on three consecutive Thursday evenings in June at the Shelton House in Hanover County\, part of the Totopoptomy Creek Battlefield unit of Richmon d National Battlefield Park.\n\nJon Kukla: “How Sunk is Britain!”: Virgini a’s Turn to Independence\, Spring 1776\n\nVirginia’s defiance of Britain h ad not yet\, in late 1775\, become commitment to independ-ence. That chang ed in early 1776\, especially after Governor Dunmore’s artillery triggered the New Year’s Day Fire that destroyed Norfolk (reflected in the Declarat ion of Inde-pendence statement that King George had “ravaged our Coasts\, burnt our towns…”). “How sunk is Britain!” declared one essay. In his talk \, Jon explores how by June 1776 many formerly loyal Virginians\, under th e leadership of Patrick Henry and others\, em-braced separation as members of the “United Colonies”.\n\nHistorian Jon Kukla is the widely-acclaimed author of numerous books\, including Patrick Henry\, Champion of Liberty a nd Mr. Jefferson’s Women.\n\nThe lectures begin at 6:30 on the lawn in fro nt of the Shelton House at Rural Plains\, located at 7273 Studley Road. Th ey are free and open to the public - picnic suppers are encouraged! (Rain location: Enon United Methodist Church\, 6156 Studley Road.)\n\nFee info: Free.\n\nEvent details: https://www.nps.gov/planyourvisit/event-details.ht m?id=BC0D6562-0F86-B9FD-77439E079481AB64\n\nAll events: https://www.nps.go v/rich/planyourvisit/calendar.htm URL:https://www.nps.gov/planyourvisit/event-details.htm?id=BC0D6562-0F86-B9 FD-77439E079481AB64 LOCATION:Shelton House at Rural Plains\, located at 7273 Studley Road\, Mec hanicsville VA 23116. (Rain location: Enon United Methodist Church\, 6156 Studley Road.) CATEGORIES:Campfire/Evening Program,Partner Program,Talk END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:21C8C0CD-9AF1-8535-65CBCE57822B0AB8@nps-ical SUMMARY:Battle of Cold Harbor Anniversary - Special Programs DTSTAMP:20260511T013502Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260606T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260606T160000 DESCRIPTION:The park is offering two special programs on Saturday June 6 at Cold Harbor battlefield to commemorate the 1864 battle. At 11 am and 1 pm there will be an artillery demonstration and discussion of artillery in t he battle. At 2 pm there will be a ranger guided tour focused on the exper ience of soldiers. The walking tour will be 1.5 miles and cover uneven gro und\, and last two hours.\n\nAll programs will start at the visitor center : 5515 Anderson-Wright Drive\, Mechanicsville\, VA 23111. The Cold Harbor visitor center will be open from 9 am to 4:30 pm with films\, exhibits\, a nd bookstore.\n\nFee info: Free\n\nEvent details: https://www.nps.gov/plan yourvisit/event-details.htm?id=21C8C0CD-9AF1-8535-65CBCE57822B0AB8\n\nAll events: https://www.nps.gov/rich/planyourvisit/calendar.htm URL:https://www.nps.gov/planyourvisit/event-details.htm?id=21C8C0CD-9AF1-85 35-65CBCE57822B0AB8 LOCATION:Cold Harbor Visitor Center\, 5515 Anderson Wright Dr\, Mechanicsvi lle\, VA 23111. CATEGORIES:Guided Tour,Hike,Living History,Talk,Walk END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:BC3A69FC-959F-A728-C498D52FF3F6C3C0@nps-ical SUMMARY:Lectures on the Lawn: Stephen Wilson “St. John’s Church\, Patrick H enry\, and Liberty or Death: A Closer Look” DTSTAMP:20260511T013502Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260611T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260611T193000 DESCRIPTION:The Rural Plains Foundation and the National Park Service are p leased to an-nounce the 2025 “Lectures on the Lawn” series for 2025. Join us on three consecutive Thursday evenings in June at the Shelton House in Hanover County\, part of the Totopoptomy Creek Battlefield unit of Richmon d National Battlefield Park.\n\nStephen Wilson: “St. John’s Church\, Patri ck Henry\, and Liberty or Death: A Closer Look”\n\nPatrick Henry’s “Libert y or Death” speech in Richmond in 1775 was a turning point in the struggle for independence. That day\, Henry stood out in a large assembly of chari s-matic leaders\, many of who arrived with dramatically different agendas than he had. Ste-phen Wilson of the St. John’s Church Foundation provides an inside look at the men who gathered there\, the paths that led them the re\, and why Henry’s pleas prevailed (barely) in the crucial vote for self -determination.\n\nStephen Wilson has served since 2021 as Executive Direc tor of the St. John’s Church Foundation\, which works both to preserve the legacy of the “Library or Death” speech\, and to help maintain and improv e the historic church property.\n\nThe lectures begin at 6:30 on the lawn in front of the Shelton House at Rural Plains\, located at 7273 Studley Ro ad. They are free and open to the public - picnic suppers are encouraged! (Rain location: Enon United Methodist Church\, 6156 Studley Road.)\n\nEven t details: https://www.nps.gov/planyourvisit/event-details.htm?id=BC3A69FC -959F-A728-C498D52FF3F6C3C0\n\nAll events: https://www.nps.gov/rich/planyo urvisit/calendar.htm URL:https://www.nps.gov/planyourvisit/event-details.htm?id=BC3A69FC-959F-A7 28-C498D52FF3F6C3C0 LOCATION:The Shelton House at Rural Plains\, located at 7273 Studley Road\, Mechanicsville VA 23116. (Rain location: Enon United Methodist Church\, 6 156 Studley Road) CATEGORIES:Campfire/Evening Program,Partner Program,Talk END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:BC5E5B58-9CE4-7F9B-6A05E654EFA6DC3C@nps-ical SUMMARY:Lectures on the Lawn: Katherine Ridgway “Revolutionary Relics: Unea rthing the Stories in Richmond’s Lee Monument Cornerstone DTSTAMP:20260511T013502Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260618T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260618T193000 DESCRIPTION:The Rural Plains Foundation and the National Park Service are p leased to an-nounce the 2025 “Lectures on the Lawn” series for 2025. Join us on three consecutive Thursday evenings in June at the Shelton House in Hanover County\, part of the Totopoptomy Creek Battlefield unit of Richmon d National Battlefield Park.\n\nKatherine Ridgway: “Revolutionary Relics: Unearthing the Stories in Richmond’s Lee Monument Cornerstone”\n\nIn 2021\ , conservators unearthed a copper cornerstone box\, and another lead box\, buried for 134 years beneath Richmond’s Robert E. Lee monument. Katherine Ridgway of the Virginia Department of Historical Resources will talk abou t the removal of the monument\, the opening of the two boxes\, and the Com monwealth’s work to preserve the arti-facts as well as inform the public a bout the stories both found in the boxes…and the stories left out.\n\nKath erine is Chief Archaeological Conservator for the DHR\, following previous positions with the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago and George Washington’s Mount Vernon.\n\nThe lectures begin at 6:30 on the lawn in fr ont of the Shelton House at Rural Plains\, located at 7273 Studley Road. T hey are free and open to the public - picnic suppers are encouraged! (Rain location: Enon United Methodist Church\, 6156 Studley Road)\n\nEvent deta ils: https://www.nps.gov/planyourvisit/event-details.htm?id=BC5E5B58-9CE4- 7F9B-6A05E654EFA6DC3C\n\nAll events: https://www.nps.gov/rich/planyourvisi t/calendar.htm URL:https://www.nps.gov/planyourvisit/event-details.htm?id=BC5E5B58-9CE4-7F 9B-6A05E654EFA6DC3C LOCATION:The Shelton House at Rural Plains\, located at 7273 Studley Road\, Mechanicsville VA 23116. (Rain location: Enon United Methodist Church\, 6 156 Studley Road) CATEGORIES:Campfire/Evening Program,Partner Program,Talk END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR