Annual Prince William/Manassas History Symposium
The 2024 Symposium is now sold out. We look forward to seeing ticket holders at the program on Saturday, March 23rd at the Manassas Museum.
Save the date for the 9th Annual Prince William/Manassas Symposium! Each year local historians and experts explore the many facets of County history through a wide variety of lectures. Tickets are $10 for an all-day program. The Symposium also marks the release of the Sixth issue of the Journal of Prince William History, which will be on sale for the special one-day price of $5.
2024 Schedule
9:00 am "It was all family" - A Short History of Batestown, Virginia | Bill Backus, Prince William County Office of Historic Preservation
10:00 am Hurricane Agnes in Virginia | Earnie Porta, Prince William Historic Preservation Foundation
11:15 am Bristoe Station Battlefield and the 10th Alabama Cemetery | Patrick O'Neill
2:15 pm Prince William County in the American Revolution | Michael Cecere
3:30 pm The Rise of Stonewall Jackson | Chris Mackowski, Emerging Civil War
Co-sponsored by the Manassas Museum, Prince William County Historical Commission, and Historic Prince William. The program takes place at the Manassas Museum at 9101 Prince William St., Manassas, VA 20110.
For more information, contact (703) 792-4754.
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Past Symposiums
The Community of Thoroughfare, Danae Peckler, Dovetail Cultural Group
I Cannot Tell a Lie: Parson Mason Locke Weems and the Truth about the Cherry Tree and Other Washington Anecdotes; Jim Bish, Historic Prince William
Shaped by Faith and Duty: George Round in Manassas, Lisa Sievel-Otten, City of Manassas
The Life & Landscape of Prince William's James Robinson, Jim Bailey, Manassas National Battlefield Park
Railroads of Prince William County, Nate McDonald, Prince William County Office of Historic Preservation