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The Fredericksburg Area Museum Evening with an Expert: Dean Cedric Bernard Rucker
November 21, 2024 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
$20
The Fredericksburg Area Museum (FAM) is pleased to announce our fall Evening with an Expert Lecture Series presented by Lewis Insurance Associates. This season’s series discusses topics closely related to FAM’s current exhibitions:
A Monumental Weight: The Auction Block in Fredericksburg Virginia
Linking North and South: Fredericksburg’s Historic Railroad
and Out and About: Fredericksburg’s Walk in Closet.
Dean Cedric Bernard Rucker: Mary Washington College’s AIDS Quilt November 21, 2024
Between 1991-2000, students and faculty of Mary Washington College came together to create the Mary Washington AIDS Quilts. Modeled after the NAMES Projects AIDS Memorial Quilt, this quilt features colorful, handmade panels commemorating loved ones impacted by HIV and AIDS and promoting awareness of the epidemic.
Join Dean Cedric Bernard Rucker, UVA’s Senior Associate Vice President and Dean of Students and former UMW Associate Vice President for Student Affairs and Dean of Student Life to learn about the Mary Washington AIDS Quilt
and the AIDS movement in Fredericksburg.
Evening with an Expert will take place at the FAM (907 Princess Anne St), from 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm and will conclude with a light reception with the speaker. Lecture tickets are $20 for non-members and $10 for members. Visit
FAM Evening with an Expert Lecture Series Tickets, Multiple Dates | Eventbrite to reserve your spot.
