Bill D. (VA)
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Yesterday afternoon my hunting partner Dan and I and our wives made the long drive out to a rural county in eastern VA to attend a special event sponsored by the local historical society there. We also met up with another of my buddies, Joeyfresh, and were thrilled to be able to listen to the renown keynote speaker - Ivor Noel Hume. He is probably America's foremost expert in the recovery and identification of colonial artifacts, particularly in Virginia. He was originally from England where he worked in the Museum of London, and came over to the US in 1956 to assist Colonial Williamsburg (CW) with a study of black glass bottles that were being recovered there, and never went back. He later became the long-time director for CW's archaeological research program. He has authored more than 20 books, and I have almost all of them. After his talk we were able to meet and chat with him briefly, and each of us brought a book for him to sign. And we couldn't leave without getting a pic of the 4 of us. In addition, we were able to go on a walking tour of a very historic 17th century property and enjoy the majestic views of the river. All-in-all a very fun day, and I feel very privileged and honored to have been able to meet the now 86 year old man who has taught me many of the things I know about colonial artifacts through his many informative and well-written books and other publications. Now Dan, Joey, and I are all fired up to get out in the fields and write some history for ourselves.
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