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Cultural Crossroads XVIII: OLD FEDERAL ROAD

February 9, 2019 @ 8:30 am - 3:30 pm

Landmarks Foundation of Montgomery and the Alabama Department of Archives and History, with support from the Alabama Humanities Foundation, invite you to the eighteenth symposium in the Cultural Crossroads series. Join us on this journey as we study the Old Federal Road and its fascinating history. Speakers include Dr. Kathryn H. Braund, Dr. Angela Pulley Hudson, Raven Christopher, Mark Dauber, Collier Neeley, Dr. Gregory A. Waselkov, and Carole King. Topics are “Slavery and the Federal Road,” “Thirty-Five Years on the Road,” “Mary Ann Neeley, Lucas Tavern and the Power of Ideas,” “The Road that led to Destruction: The Federal Road and the Creek Indian Nation,” “Trails and Traces across Colonial America: The Old Federal Road and Its Predecessors,” and “Mapping the Old Federal Road.”

The event concludes with a special reception and visit to Lucas Tavern in Old Alabama Town. Lucas Tavern was originally located on the Old Federal Road.

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For registration online, click here.  Admission is free.  Admission with lunch is $25.

For a registration form to complete and mail in, click here.

Details

Date:
February 9, 2019
Time:
8:30 am - 3:30 pm

Venue

Alabama Department of Archives & History
624 Washington Ave
Montgomery, AL United States
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