Kegley Lecture: "At Home with the Virginia Presidents" with Heather Cole

“At Home with the Virginia Presidents” is an engaging talk with author Heather Cole about the eight Virginia-born presidents and the sites that shaped their lives. We will travel the state--from Staunton to Charles City and Wytheville to Winchester--to (virtually) visit the homes and historic sites of the Virginia presidents. Attendees will learn a bit about the presidents’ lives, take a peek inside their homes and get ideas for their next history road trip.

This talk will be held Tuesday, March 25 at 7pm at Christ Lutheran Church. Admission is $5/Free for HSWV members.

Heather S. Cole is a public historian and writer living in Staunton, Virginia. She has worked in a variety of museum and archives, including as an interpreter for the Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library and Museum in Staunton. Cole currently works as an editor for Bridgewater College and runs Rock Street Press, a small publishing company specializing in local and family history. The talk, "At Home with the Presidents" is based on Cole's book, Virginia’s Presidents: A History and Guide (The History Press, 2023) tells the stories of the Virginia presidents and the historic sites that interpret their lives. It includes profiles of each of the eight Presidents and descriptions of the museums, historic sites and presidential homes in Virginia and surrounding states that tell their stories and, by extension, the story of our nation. This book is available for purchase in the gift shop of the Roanoke History/O. Winston Link Museum.