Due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, we currently cannot conduct programs in person. However, we have shifted to offering virtual programming covering a wide range of topics. These live-stream programs take place on our Facebook page and will also available for viewing on our Youtube page after the live-stream event!
Upcoming Events:
May 6, 2021, 7.00 pm – Material Witness: Eighteenth- and Nineteenth- Century Artifacts and Narrating the Past: Join the George Tyler Moore Center for a discussion among museum professionals in which they interrogate the use of objects in American social and cultural history. Director Dr. James Broomall will moderate and will be joined by distinguished panelists: Heidi Campbell-Shoaf, Director and Chief Curator, DAR Museum; Chris Graham, Curator of Exhibitions, American Civil War Museum; Katherine Egner Gruber, Special Exhibitions Curator, Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation; and Tyler Putnam, Gallery Interpretation Manger, Museum of the American Revolution. Event information can be view here.
May 19, 2021, 6:30 PM – “The Grinding Curse”: Race and Slavery in the Shenandoah Valley, Facebook Live: Join the George Tyler Moore Center as we delve into the topic of race and slavery in the Shenandoah Valley. Director Dr. James Broomall will lead the discussion with panelist Ms. Kristen Laise (Executive Director, Belle Grove Plantation), Mr. Matthew Greer (Ph.D. Candidate- Syracuse University), Dr. Timothy Fritz (Mount St. Mary’s University) and Mr. Jonathan Noyalas (Director of the McCormick Civil War Institute at Shenandoah University). Event information can be viewed here.
June 3, 2021, 1:00 PM – Mosby’s Rangers with Eric W. Buckland, Facebook Live: Join the George Tyler Moore Center as we welcome author/historian Eric W. Buckland and his presentation on the formation of Mosby’s Rangers and their actions during the Gettysburg Campaign in June and July 1863.
October 7-10, 2021 – GTM Center 24th Annual Civil War and American Society Seminar- Cavalry’s Crucible: Civil War Comes to Horse and Hunt Country
Recent Events:
March 25, 2021, Searching for Hayward Shepherd – Facebook Live (view here)
March 4, 2021 – Music of the People: American Folk Music through the Centuries – Facebook Live (view here)
February 16, 2021 – Seceding from Secession: West Virginia Exceptionalism and the Road to Statehood – Facebook Live (view here)
January 28, 2021: The Winter’s War: Civil War Soldiers in Camp & On Campaign – Facebook Live (view here)
December 1, 2020: African Americans and The American Revolution in History and Memory – Facebook Live (view here)
November 12, 2020: Wizard Clip: Legend and Legacy – Facebook Live (view here)
We hope you join us for future programs!