Fire and Freedom: Looking at the Exhibit through New York Eyes
Wednesday, Feb. 05 from 11 to 11:50 a.m.
Bulmer Telecommunications Center Auditorium
In the traveling exhibit Fire and Freedom: Food and Enslavement in Early America,** George Washington’s plantation, Mount Vernon, serves as a lens into the world of food and enslavement in colonial Virginia. Culinary historian Lavada Nahon compares the depiction of Mount Vernon with the unique food culture of colonial New York.
**Fire and Freedom: Food and Enslavement in Early America is a traveling exhibit from the National Library of Medicine on display in the Marvin Library Learning Commons from Monday, Jan. 6 – Saturday, Feb. 15, 2020.
For more information on the exhibit and other related programming please visit https://libguides.hvcc.edu/fandf.
Voices: A Library Lecture Series is offered each semester to broaden and enrich the scope of studies at the college by presenting speakers on timely and enduring issues.
The public is welcome to attend; admission is free.
Published: Mon, 03 Feb 2020 12:55:43 +0000 by a.rappaport