Fall 2014 Membership Meeting  

The Commonwealth Club, Richmond, Virginia
Fall Meeting Details:  

The Jamestowne Society Fall Meeting was held:

Saturday, November 8, 2014
The Commonwealth Club 
401 W. Franklin Street, Richmond, VA 23220  

  •   9:00 am - Council Meeting, Governor David K. Woodroof
  • 11:30 am - Membership Reception
  • 12:15 am - Membership Luncheon

Color photograph of John V Quarstein
John V. Quarstein
The Jamestowne Society’s November guest speaker was John V. Quarstein, an award winning historian, preservationist, and author.  His topic was "Protecting Jamestowne Colony and the Story of Fort Algernon."  He previously worked as director of the Virginia War Museum for over thirty years and as a consultant to The Mariners’ Museum’s MONITOR Center project. He now serves as historian for the city of Newport News. He has also served as an adjunct professor at the College of William and Mary, the University of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University. Quarstein is the author of fifteen books, including A HISTORY OF IRONCLADS and CSS VIRGINIA: SINK BEFORE SURRENDER. His 2011 release, THE MONITOR BOYS, received The Society for History in the Federal Government’s 2012 Henry Adams Prize for excellence in historical literature.  An avid duck hunter, Quarstein lives on Old Point Comfort, Virginia and on his farm near Chestertown, Maryland.  





Last Update:  9 November 2014