Together, the Gloucester Historical Society and the Woodville Rosenwald School Foundation created the video, “A Short History of Holly Knoll,” reflecting on the history of the historic building on the banks of the York River in Gloucester. For this video, the Rev. E. Randolph Graham of the Woodville Rosenwald School Foundation and Philip Page of the Gloucester Historical Society, sat down with Civil War historian Dr. Wesley Wilson in the living room of the Moton Conference Center, on the property of Holly Knoll. After happening across Holly Knoll by accident one day with his wife, Wilson recognized Pat Patterson, out on the front lawn during a celebration. Patterson lived down the road from the property and invited the Wilsons back to his home to visit. The couple ended up purchasing the home next to Patterson and, after retiring from the military and starting a consulting business around 1988, Wilson was led back to Holly Knoll as a conference space for education primarily oriented to...
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