Marvin Tupper Jones
Feb 18, 2025
Exhibit Showings, Juneteenth lectures, another marker,
January 18 & 30: two lectures at Georgetown Day School, Washington, DC, “The Winton Triangle’s Families of USCTs”
January 31: Blog piece about the C. S. Brown Auditorium for Rosenwald Park Campaign: https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#search/rosenwald/FMfcgzGwJvnTGJkRzRrbbdPVGHfWGnfg
February 1: two online lectures for St. Mary’s University, University, San Antonio, TX, “Haiti and the Civil War” and “The Winton Triangle’s Families of USCTs”
February 18 & 24: Two talks for the Afro American Historical and Genealogical Society and the AAHGS Central Maryland Chapter and AAHGS regional;
February 20 & 22: two in-person lectures at St. Mary’s University, San Antonio, TX, “Parker Robbins” and “Juneteenth Soldiers of Northeastern NC”
Feb 11-March 31: Winton Triangle Exhibit at Photoworks, Glen Echo, MD
March 9: “Juneteenth Soldiers of Northeastern North Carolina” lecture at the Washington County African American Museum, Roper, NC
April 5: Awarded $10k grant I co-wrote for the Alliance to Preserve Civil War Defenses of Washington, DC
April 13: Two films at Artomatic, Washington, DC: “Aunt Betty and Fort Stevens” and “The Campaigns of Molly Hundley”
April 20, AAHGS-DC: lecture about the Winton Triangle exhibit
May 23: City of Raleigh Museum staff tour of the Winton Triangle
June 1: “Juneteenth Soldiers of Northeastern North Carolina” lecture at the Rock Creek Civil War Round Table, Washington, DC
June 15: Provided speech that was read at the Bertie-Hertford County Juneteenth program, Ahoskie, NC
June 15: “Juneteenth Soldiers of Northeastern North Carolina” lecture at the Hoke County Juneteenth Day program, Raeford, NC
June 21: Lecture and exhibit showing of the Winton Triangle exhibit at the Melungeon Heritage Association conference, Hillsborough, NC
September 12 and 21 Showing of the film “Aunt Betty and Fort Stevens”, Rock Creek Conservancy and the 100thanniversary of Lincoln-Thomas Day at Fort Stevens, Washington, DC
September 27: “Haiti and the Civil War” lecture at American University, Washington, DC
October 1: Co-hosted with the William G. Pomeroy Foundation an online meeting about Pomeroy’s marker programs.
October 19: Dedication of the North Carolina Civil Rights Trails marker honoring Hobson R. Reynolds, at the Hobson R. Reynolds National Elks Shrine, Winton, NC. Chowan Discovery’s 3rd Civil Rights marker and 11th historical marker.
October 22: Historical markers talk for the Greensboro area chapter of AAHGS, online.
November 9: “A Chowanoke Family” lecture at the City of Raleigh Museum, Raleigh, NC
November 13-14: Attendance at the Preserving America conference, Herndon Virginia, hosted by the American Battlefield Alliance
November 16, AAHGS-DC: Lecture about collecting oral histories
PREVIOUS PROGRESS REPORTS:
2023: https://www.chowandiscovery.org/news-2/progress-report-2023
2022: https://www.chowandiscovery.org/news-2/progress-report-2022
