Continued from
Statue of Sir Walter Raleigh at the Raleigh Convention Center in North Carolina
Raleigh’s legacy in the New World is well established,
if only in the naming of the capital of the US state of North Carolina.
‘Sir Walter Raleigh beyond England’ is the title of
a Symposium being conducted at St Margaret’s Church, Westminster on Monday 29 October, from
4.00 to 5.30pm, following the Sung Eucharist held the previous day.
Speakers
from the USA who will contribute to the event include Dr Eric Klingelhofer,
Emeritus Professor of History, at Mercer University, Georgia. Dr Klingelhofer
has been involved in archaeological fieldwork at sites in Ireland and
the Caribbean as well as at sites related to Elizabethan colonization in North
Carolina.
Also speaking will be
Dr Beverley Straube, Curator/Archaeologist, at the First Colony Foundation (FCF), with which
Dr Klingelhofer has been involved.
The Foundation, a North Carolina non-profit organization formed in April 2003,
is dedicated to conducting archaeological and historical research relating to
the story of America’s beginnings with the attempts by Sir Walter Raleigh to
establish English colonies at Roanoke Island in the 1580s under his charter
from Queen Elizabeth I.
You can read more about the important and
fascinating work of the FCF at https://www.firstcolonyfoundation.org/
To
book tickets (free) for the St Margaret’s Symposium, visit the Eventbrite
website
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/symposium-sir-walter-raleigh-beyond-england-tickets-50164325849
To read about the Raleigh Lecture which follows the Symposium, click here
http://raleigh400.blogspot.com/2018/09/a-raleigh-400-westminster-lecture-life.html
An exhibition 'Sir Walter Raleigh and Virginia' will run from
Monday 28 October – Wednesday 31 October:
Free entry.
For opening times, please see www.westminster-abbey.org
To read about the Raleigh Lecture which follows the Symposium, click here
http://raleigh400.blogspot.com/2018/09/a-raleigh-400-westminster-lecture-life.html
An exhibition 'Sir Walter Raleigh and Virginia' will run from
Monday 28 October – Wednesday 31 October:
Free entry.
For opening times, please see www.westminster-abbey.org
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