FREE - August History Exhibits and Programs in Fairfax City
City of Fairfax, Virginia sent this bulletin at 07/31/2024 01:53 PM EDT
Free Family Fun:
Join us Thursday August 8 from 11 a.m.- 1 p.m.!
Historic Blenheim became the thriving Willcoxon Dairy Farm after the Civil War. What do we get from cows? MILK. What can we make from milk? ICE CREAM and BUTTER. Learn about the former dairy farm and have fun making ice cream and butter at this family friendly event.
FREE
Registration for each person making ice cream required. Other attendees do not need to sign up, and all other activities will be open.
This traveling banner exhibition from the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History examines voting rights with an emphasis on the role of the US Constitution and the interplay between the states and federal government in determining who is allowed to vote.
Beginning with the founding era and going up to the election of 2000, this exhibition explores the complex history of the right to vote that forms the core of our nation’s democracy. Topics include voting as a constitutional right, women’s suffrage, Reconstruction and Jim Crow era voting rights, the Civil Rights Movement, and the enfranchisement of Indigenous peoples.