Connections Through Art

Partner Event
February 22, 2025 @ 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EST

Hopewell, VA 23860

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African American influence has been paramount in arts and forms of cultural expression. 

Join a Park Ranger from Petersburg National Battlefield for a special Black History Month program at Hopewell Library, on Saturday, February 22, 2025 at 2:00 pm. Learn how David and Elizabeth Bowser used their artistic skills as a part of their activism. Discover how their art supported the United States Colored Troops. Explore how mastery of skills helped improve African American lives and their communities.

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Kaitlyn Dodge
Petersburg National Battlefield
Various magazine covers stacked on top of one another, a baseball hat with an American Battlefield Trust logo and a man wearing a hoodie with an American Battlefield Trust logo design on it. Various magazine covers stacked on top of one another, a baseball hat with an American Battlefield Trust logo and a man wearing a hoodie with an American Battlefield Trust logo design on it.

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