In this hilarious and heartfelt comedy, a group of determined women in a struggling historical society hatch an outrageous plan to save their museum: track down a set of George Washington’s legendary dentures. As their mission unfolds, they confront again, identity, and what it really means to leave a legacy. Packed with wit, charm, and unexpected twists, George Washington’s Teeth is a delightful reminder that history isn’t just about the past – it’s about the people keeping it alive.

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This program follows historian, Richard Bell as he traces the global ripple effects of the American Revolution through the lives it disrupted, reshaped, and destroyed. Participants will meet a Native matriarch striving to preserve a fragile alliance, a Prussian officer forging a new identity abroad, and a Boston schoolteacher cast far from home. Bell reveals how the war sparked a transoceanic refugee crisis, fueled antislavery movements, and inspired uprisings from Ireland to India. Rather than a neat founding moment, the Revolution emerges as a complex, high-stakes conflict spanning continents and oceans, driven by commerce, diplomacy, propaganda, and chance. This fresh perspective reimagines the Revolution as a deeply interconnected global event with lasting relevance today.

Summer nights on the James River? Music to our ears! Wilton House Museum brings you live music, house tours, and sweet treats with beautiful river views. Guests are invited to pack a picnic, spread out on the lawn, and enjoy great local bands with beautiful waterfront views. Italian ice from Good Vices, on-site tours, and a neighborhood shuttle make the evening easy, relaxed, and fun for all ages. In case of rain, the concert moves indoors to our spacious lecture hall.

Join us in exploring Richmond, once the epicenter of the domestic slave trade in the Upper South, to understand our whole history and how that history has impacted life today. Marland Buckner, the Shockoe Institute President and CEO, will share how that struggle to expand human freedom made America exceptional, and how the Shockoe Institute is focused on providing a venue for civic engagement so that our future can be brighter than our past.

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