"Archeology at Rural Plains”- Lectures on the Lawn at Totopotomoy Creek
Mechanicsville, VA 23116
The Rural Plains Foundation and the National Park Service are pleased to an-nounce the 2025 “Lectures on the Lawn” series for 2025. Join us on three consec-utive Thursday evenings in June at the Shelton House in Hanover County, part of the Totopoptomy Creek Battlefield unit of Richmond National Battlefield Park. We have lined up some fascinating discussions of local history and personalities!
June 12
Ranger Lexie Lowe, National Park Service
"Archeology at Rural Plains”
The last two decades have seen far-ranging archeological investigations at Rural Plains, uncovering much that was hidden for decades or centuries. In her talk, Ranger Lexie will discuss the archeological resources at the site; the innovative methods and technologies that archeologists have used to study the evidence of the human past; and what new information has been garnered from these investiga-tions at Rural Plains.
The lectures begin at 6:30 on the lawn in front of the Shelton House at Rural Plains, located at 7273 Studley Road. They are free and open to the public — pic-nic suppers are encouraged! (Rain location: Enon United Methodist Church, 6156 Studley Road.)