Three Eras of Henry Street

Name: Three Eras of Henry Street
Start: 2025-03-13T18:30:00-04:00
Location: First Baptist Church Gainsboro

Schedule

Thu, 13 Mar, 2025 at 06:30 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

First Baptist Church Gainsboro | Roanoke, VA

This one-hour presentation aims to outline some of the businesses and locations in and around Henry Street from approximately 1900-1963. We will also examine events that occurred during this period which shifted the overarching historical narrative of Henry Street.
Presenter: Sullivan Knight is a Junior year student at Cave Spring High School and is President of the History Club. He is 16 years old from Bent Mountain, Virginia and volunteers for the Harrison Museum, Smithsonian, and SERV. Sullivan is a member of the OAH and VMHC, and HSWV.
Please RSVP to [email protected] by Monday 3/10/25 so we have an estimate numbers of attendees. A flyer is available upon request via same email as above.
There will be a brief social time prior to the presentation at 6pm.