December Quarterly Meeting: Historic Marker Dedication for Boston

Sun Dec 01 2024 at 01:30 pm to 04:30 pm UTC-05:00

Historic Tuckahoe | Henrico

Henrico County Historical Society
Publisher/HostHenrico County Historical Society
December Quarterly Meeting: Historic Marker Dedication for Boston
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📅 Meeting Date: December 1, 2024
🕝 Meeting Start Time: 1:30 PM to 4:30
➡️➡️ Please note: Special start time of 1:30 PM
🏠 Location:
Historic Tuckahoe
12601 River Rd
Richmond, VA 23238
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✉️Virginia: Thoroughbreds, Racing and Breeding:
Our speaker is Josh Pons, the two-time Eclipse Award-winning author of "Letters from Country Life: Adolphe Pons, Man O'War, and the Founding of Maryland's Oldest Thoroughbred Farm." He will discuss the history of Virginia's foundation Thoroughbreds through today's resurgence of Virginia racing and breeding.
For more information about and where to purchase Josh Pons' book, please visit https://www.lettersfromcountrylife.com/.
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🐎Dedication of Historic Marker for Boston:
Following Josh's presentation will be a Historic Marker Dedication for the famous thoroughbred horse Boston, who was foaled in Henrico County.
"Boston (1833-1850) was an outstanding Thoroughbred racehorse and a leading sire in North America three times from 1851 to 1853. He started in about 45 races, winning 40, including 15 in succession. Boston was later one of the initial inductees into the Hall of Fame." - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_%28horse%29)
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🏠Tour of Historic Tuckahoe:
There will also be a special tour of Historic Tuckahoe. Registration is required and there will be a $15.00 per person fee to cover additional staff at Historic Tuckahoe.
➡️ ➡️ Deadline for meeting registration: November 17, 2024
To register by mail, please use this registration form: http://henricohistoricalsociety.org/shopping/HCHS-Dec-1-Registration.pdf
To register online, please visit our Shopping page at:
http://henricohistoricalsociety.org/shopping.html.
A transaction processing fee is included.
For Further Information:
Please text or call (804)839-2407.
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➡️We look forward to seeing you there!
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Historic Tuckahoe, 73 Deer Keep, Henrico, VA 23238-6122, United States,Tuckahoe, Virginia

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