The purpose of the NNK250 Coalition and NNK250 is to engage multiple perspectives in recognizing and honoring the Northern Neck’s essential role in the founding of the nation and the ever-evolving American experiment.
As a five-county regional commemorative effort, NNK250 will offer an academic symposium November 1 and 2 at the Lodge at Cat Point Creek, 2570 Newland Road, Warsaw, reported Northern Neck Planning District Commission economic development and tourism coordinator Lisa Hull. The theme will be “The Power of Place,” focusing on “The Indigenous Northern Neck.”
Pre-symposium activities, weather-dependent, will begin at 1 p.m. with hiking at the Cat Point Creek Unit of the Rappahannock River Valley National Wildlife Refuge and paddling on Cat Point Creek, said Hull. The symposium will open at 4:30 p.m. with a keynote address by Chief Anne Richardson, Rappahannock Indian Tribe, and Marcie Kapsch, refuge manager, Eastern Virginia Rivers National Wildlife Refuge Complex, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. A reception will follow from 5:30-7 p.m.
On November 2, following breakfast, the conference will resume at 9 a.m. with morning and afternoon panel discussions on….
