The Northern Neck 250 Signature Speaker Series will continue at 2 p.m. Sunday, April 14, at Rice’s Hotel/Hughlett’s Tavern (RHHT), 73 Monument Place, Heathsville. Dr. Julia King will present “Finding Leedstown: What Archeology Reveals about this Remarkable Place.” The lecture is free.
Dr. King will speak about an unusual archeological discovery made in 1937 in Leedstown. The find led to similar discoveries in modern museums throughout the country and sparked intriguing questions about the history of the site.
“Now a quiet neighborhood in Westmoreland County, Leedstown was once a thriving commercial river port during Colonial times,” said RHHT executive director Corinne Becker. “Its claim to fame in most….
