Eastern Shore of Virginia Heritage Center at Eastern Shore Public Library

05/29/2026

02/14/2026

We are really looking forward to hearing Jenean Hall on this Tuesday. Hope to see you all there!

Jenean Hall discusses two letters from the letterbook of Thomas Cable, an 18th-century merchant and Court Clerk of Northampton County. These two letters address what Cable perceived as a personal attack on his family, especially on his wife (Sorrowful Margaret Custis) and her oldest daughter (Ann Kendall).

02/06/2026

Jenean Hall discusses two letters from the letterbook of Thomas Cable, an 18th-century merchant and Court Clerk of Northampton County. These two letters address what Cable perceived as a personal attack on his family, especially on his wife (Sorrowful Margaret Custis) and her oldest daughter (Ann Kendall).

01/20/2026

Year 2: Black History Trivia Tournament! Register your Team by February 20th!
https://esplheritage.org/eastern-shore-black-history-trivia-tournament/

Register your team at this link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSccgEcilBEKoBdDJdjeyFtr0fLvDZA0DXCSLFasro_s-iv3CA/viewform?usp=header

10/12/2025

Join us Tuesday at 5:30 for Eastern Shore Ghost stories!

09/08/2025

Join us tomorrow at 6!

Join us on September 9th for this exciting lecture! Details below.

02/26/2025

Four Virginia Women Confront the American Revolution
Lecture by Ted Corbett
March 18th, 5:30 PM.

Discussed will be Tabitha Arbuckle of the Virginia Shore, Mary Willing Byrd of a James River plantation, Mary Bolling, owner of Petersburg’s to***co warehouses, and Sarah Jones of the Southside, who urged her husband to give up his slaves. The war brought upheaval to these women’s lives, forcing them to take on new roles. Two of them suspiciously remained when British generals used their homes as their headquarters. Another enjoyed British imports while they lasted, while the final one was the siren of Methodist itinerants, causing one to have himself castrated.