Reconsidering Bacon's Rebellion at 350 Years

16/10/2026

16/10/2026

24/09/2026

Join us for Seventeenth Century Day at Bacon's Castle on Saturday, October 17th from 10am-4pm for this special annual event.

Adult General Admission is $15, Preservation Virginia Members is $10, Students ages 7-18 are $5, Under 6 are free! Purchase tickets at preservationvirginia.org/events.

The day’s events will feature 17th century house tours of Bacon’s Castle, pop-up exhibits, seventeenth century reenactors and demonstrations, genealogy resources, kids archaeology activities, special mini-lectures, and more!

We’ll be joined by our Virginia Indian Tribal Partners – the Pamunkey Indian Tribe & Reservation, The Rappahannock Tribe, and the Nottoway Indian Tribe of Virginia, Inc. (Official) – and we’ll host the Library of Virginia’s LVA On the Go van. LVA On the Go brings library resources directly to the community! Guests can learn about local history, genealogy, and library collections.

In 2026, “Seventeenth Century Day” is presented as part of “Reconsidering Bacon’s Rebellion at 350 Years,” a joint program series by Preservation Virginia, Historic Jamestowne/Jamestown Rediscovery, Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation, William & Mary Office of Strategic Cultural Partnerships, the Pamunkey Indian Tribe & Reservation, The Rappahannock Tribe, and the Nottoway Indian Tribe of Virginia, Inc. (Official) with support from Virginia Humanities

19/08/2026

There's still time to get your tickets for tonight's lecture: "The Archaeology of Bacon's Rebellion" hosted at Bacon's Castle!

In-person and virtual lecture tickets are available at baconsrebellion350.org/event/lecture-archaeology/

Don't miss this incredible chance to hear from the archaeologist who uncovered evidence of Bacon's rebels at the castle. You'll also get an in depth look at the ordinary finds from an extraordinary context and what they can reveal about everyday life and labor during this pivotal period.

In 2026, “The Archaeology of Bacon’s Rebellion” is presented as part of “Reconsidering Bacon’s Rebellion at 350 Years,” a joint program series by Preservation Virginia, Jamestown Rediscovery/Historic Jamestowne, Jamestown Settlement & American Revolution Museum at Yorktown, W&M Strategic Cultural Partnerships, the Pamunkey Indian Tribe & Reservation, the The Rappahannock Tribe, and the Nottoway Indian Tribe of Virginia, Inc. (Official) with support from Virginia Humanities.

05/08/2026

Dear viewers, sadly this concludes my reels for our Rediscovering Bacon’s Rebellion series as Alem the Communications and Marketing Summer Intern. Nonetheless we still have many more events lined up for this year including September’s Burning of Jamestowne walking tour in Historic Jamestowne on Saturday, September 19th from 6-8pm.

IN-PERSON TICKETS ONLY available on our baconsrebellion350th website as well as the historicjamestowne.org site!

For those who can not make it, please feel free to read and browse the vast amount of blogs on our baconsrebellion350.org website regarding the insurrection and its other microhistories! I will also soon have a blog post concluding my experiece as a Preservation Virginia Summer Intern and the amazing opportunities I have had in this position.

Reconsidering Bacon’s Rebellion at 350 Years” is a joint program series by Preservation Virginia, Historic Jamestowne/Jamestown Rediscovery, Historic Jamestowne ,
Jamestown Settlement & American Revolution Museum at Yorktown , the Pamunkey Indian Tribe & Reservation, The Rappahannock Tribe, and the Nottoway Indian Tribe of Virginia, Inc. (Official) with funding support from Virginia Humanities and W&M Strategic Cultural Partnerships .

03/08/2026

As we near the end of Summer, we also approach the end of our Reconsidering Bacon’s Rebellion at 350 Years lecture series! Please check out our August 19th event at Bacon’s Castle. Both in-person and virtual streaming tickets PLUS Dr. Rebekah Planto’s blog post are now available on our website baconsrebellion350th.org.

Find Tickets Here: https://baconsrebellion350.org/event/lecture-the-archaeology-of-bacons-rebellion/

“Reconsidering Bacon’s Rebellion at 350 Years” is a joint program series by Preservation Virginia, Historic Jamestowne/Jamestown Rediscovery, Jamestown Settlement & American Revolution Museum at Yorktown, the Pamunkey Indian Tribe & Reservation, The Rappahannock Tribe, and the Nottoway Indian Tribe of Virginia, Inc. (Official) with funding support from Virginia Humanities and W&M Strategic Cultural Partnerships.

29/07/2026

Hello Everyone! This is summer Intern Alem again here to share news of our Archeology of Baconms Rebellion lecture at Bacon’s Castle on Wednesday, August 19th from 6-7pm! Experts Nicholas M. Luccketti and archeologist Dr. Rebekah Planto will discuss discoveries from research and excavation connecting back to Bacon’s Rebellion.

In person and online tickets (for the live stream) are available on our website baconsrebellion350.org on the events page.

Can’t make it to either of them? Dr. Rebekah Planto has a blog on our blog page of our website with in depth pictures and analysis of archeological findings relating to the insurrection of 1676! And as always, the full video of our live stream recording will be available on our website and Preservation Virginia website after the event.

"Reconsidering Bacon’s Rebellion at 350 Years” is a joint program series by Preservation Virginia, Historic Jamestowne/Jamestown Rediscovery, Jamestown Settlement & American Revolution Museum at Yorktown, the Pamunkey Indian Tribe & Reservation, The Rappahannock Tribe, and the Nottoway Indian Tribe of Virginia, Inc. (Official) with funding support from Virginia Humanities and W&M Strategic Cultural Partnerships.

24/07/2026

We would like to thank the panelists and guests who could make it for our July 15thevent Mapping the Dragon last week. If you could not make it in person or online, we have the lecture recorded on the Preservation Virginia Youtube channel and under the “Resources” tab on our website baconsrebellion350.org

If you would like to learn more, we have an interview video published with the artist of“Mapping the Dragon”, Mr. Ethan Brown, as well as a blog written by the July panelists. Both on under the blog tab on our website as well!

“Reconsidering Bacon’s Rebellion at 350 Years” is a joint program series by Preservation Virginia, Historic Jamestowne/Jamestown Rediscovery, Jamestown Settlement & American Revolution Museum at Yorktown, the Pamunkey Indian Tribe & Reservation, The Rappahannock Tribe, and the Nottoway Indian Tribe of Virginia, Inc. (Official), with funding support from Virginia Humanities and W&M Strategic Cultural Partnerships.

15/07/2026

Today tickets, blog posts, and an artist interview are all available on our website baconsrebellion350.org! More blogs from past and upcoming panelists are also available. Please look forward to our July 15th event TODAY and even more blogs and interviews in the future.

Tickets are here: baconsrebellion350.org/events

“Reconsidering Bacon’s Rebellion at 350 Years” is a joint program series by Preservation Virginia, Historic Jamestowne/Jamestown Rediscovery, Jamestown Settlement & American Revolution Museum at Yorktown, the Pamunkey Indian Tribe & Reservation, The Rappahannock Tribe, and the Nottoway Indian Tribe of Virginia, Inc. (Official), with funding support from Virginia Humanities and W&M Strategic Cultural Partnerships.

15/07/2026

Hello everyone! This Alem, the Preservation Virginia Communications Intern with you all this summer! I am here to share exciting news about our panel event tomorrow in Jamestown Settlement. Can't make it in person? We have live online streaming as well a blog written by our panelists on our website at baconsrebellion350.org. Please also check out Ethan Brown's interview regarding his peice commissioned by us detaling Pamunkey and Tuckahoe tribe perspectives on Bacon's Rebellion as part of our series this summer.

We thank Historic Jamestowne and Jamestown Settlement for letting us showcase their spaces for the video.

“Reconsidering Bacon’s Rebellion at 350 Years” is a joint program series by Preservation Virginia, Historic Jamestowne/Jamestown Rediscovery, Jamestown Settlement & American Revolution Museum at Yorktown, the Pamunkey Indian Tribe & Reservation, The Rappahannock Tribe, and the Nottoway Indian Tribe of Virginia, Inc. (Official), with funding support from Virginia Humanities and W&M Strategic Cultural Partnerships.