The second of five talks in the 2025 NNK250 Signature Speaker Series will be held at 2 p.m. February 23 at the Bayne Center at Historic Christ Church, 420 Christ Church Road, Weems. A specialist in the fields of American art and material culture, Dr. Jennifer Van Horn of the University of Delaware, will present “Material Culture and the Making of America.”
Over the course of the 18th century, Anglo-Americans purchased an unprecedented number and array of goods, reported Northern Neck Planning District Commission economic development and tourism coordinator Lisa Hull. This presentation investigates diverse artifacts from portraits to gravestones, dressing furniture and prosthetic devices to explore how….
