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Digging into History: A W&L Family Adventure in Archaeology

July 20-23, 2025

Sunday, July 20
2:00-4:00 pm Program Registration Early-Fielding
4:30-5:00 pm Campus Tour with Resident Assistants
Catarina Contreras ’26, James Xia ‘25		 Depart from Early-Fielding
5:00-5:50 pm Opening Reception Hotchkiss House
6:00-7:00 pm Opening Dinner The Marketplace
7:15-8:15 pm Opening Adventure
Dave Pfaff, Senior Academic Technologist
& Director of the IQ Center		 IQ Center, Science Addition – A202
Monday, July 21
7:45-8:45 am Breakfast The Marketplace
8:45-8:55 am Announcements
Lisa D’Amelio, Assistant Director of Lifelong Learning		 The Marketplace
9:15-9:25 am Group Photo Liberty Hall Ruins
9:25-10:00 am Orientation: Archaeology
Alison Bell, Professor of Anthropology		 Liberty Hall Ruins
9:50 am-12:00 pm Excavate!
Alison Bell		 Liberty Hall Ruins
12:00-1:00 pm Boxed Lunch On Site Steward’s House
1:00-2:00 pm Liberty Hall Campus Tour
Alison Bell		 Back Campus
2:00-3:00 pm Artifacts on the Colonnade
Alison Bell		 Chavis Hall
3:00-4:00 pm The Colonnade through the Years
Alison Bell		 Front Campus
4:00-6:00 pm Free Time
(Natatorium is open from 4:30-5:30 pm)
6:00-7:00 pm Dinner The Marketplace
7:00-8:30 pm Game Night
Catarina Contreras ’26, Alison Bell, and Lisa D’Amelio		 Hillel House
Tuesday, July 22
7:45-8:45 am Breakfast The Marketplace
8:55-9:00 am Announcements
Lisa D’Amelio		 Reid Hall 211
9:00-9:30 am Orientation: Buildings & Landscapes
Alison Bell		 Reid Hall 211
9:30-11:00 am Campus Architecture
Alison Bell		 Front Campus & VMI
11:00 am-12:00 pm Town Architecture
Alison Bell		 Main Street
12:00-1:00 pm Boxed Lunch Old Court House
1:00-2:00 pm Finding “Miss Jane”
Alison Bell (courtyard beside Rockbridge Historical Society)		 101 E Washington Street
2:00-4:00 pm Burial Grounds and Graves
Alison Bell		 Oak Grove Cemetery
4:00-5:30 pm Free Time
(Natatorium is open from 4:30-5:30 pm)
5:30-6:00 pm Reception The Law School Pavilion
6:00-7:00 pm Family Cook-Out and Lawn Games The Law School Pavilion
7:00-8:00 pm Informed Discussion of Brain Science (Parents)
Heather Macalister, Visiting Assistant Professor
of Cognitive and Behavioral Science		 The Law School Pavilion
7:00-8:00 pm Campus Scavenger Hunt (Campers)
Catarina Contreras ’26, James Xia ‘25		 The Law School Pavilion
Wednesday, July 23
7:45-8:45 am Goodbye Breakfast The Marketplace