As part of the commemoration of the 250th anniversary of American independence, the Middlesex County VA250 Committee will present a special program, “Middlesex Loyalists and Revolutionaries from Signatures in Time,” at 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 15, at the Deltaville Maritime Museum, 287 Jackson Creek Road. A release said the program will explore the divisions that existed among Middlesex County residents during the American Revolution, when some supported independence from Great Britain while others remained loyal to the British Crown. Drawing upon the county’s history as documented in “Signatures in Time: A Living History of Middlesex County, Virginia,” the presentation will examine how the struggle for independence affected local residents and divided communities, neighbors, and families, the release said. The featured presenters will be Larry Chowning, author of “Signatures in Time”; Archie Soucek, editor of the publication; and Claudia Soucek, chair of the 2007 Middlesex County Book Comm...
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