A first-person interpretive program about local events during the summer of 1775 in the lead-up to the American Revolution will be presented on June 8 on the lawn of Rosewell, and two other times this summer in Yorktown and in Gloucester’s historic courthouse.
“From Colony to Country: The Revolutionary World of John Page and Lewis Burwell,” will entertain and engage a broad audience about the concerns of the people of Gloucester, a release stated. The program is made possible by a grant awarded to the Fairfield Foundation by the VA250 Commission in partnership with Virginia Humanities and is written and directed by Shades of Our Past, a Historic Triangle-based provider of historical entertainment and educational programs. Other partners include the Gloucester Historical Society, the Gloucester Museum of History, and the Watermen’s Museum.
Rosewell will be open free of charge from noon to 5 p.m. on June 8. Visitors are invited to enjoy food truck lunches for picnicking, exhibits and gam...