

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: The Archeology of Bacon's Rebellion
- **Event Start and End Date**: Wed, 19 Aug, 2026 at 06:00 pm (-04:00)
- **Event Description**: As part of our Reconsidering Bacon’s Rebellion at 350 series, Nicholas M. Luccketti who supervised the excavations will describe this remarkable discovery and discuss how he made the connection to Bacon’s Rebellion. Then, Rebekah Planto, PhD., will take a closer look at some of the artifacts recovered from the pit, considering what such ordinary finds from an extraordinary context can reveal about everyday life and labor during this pivotal period.

Bacon’s Rebellion began as a campaign of violence against the region’s Indigenous people carried out in defiance of the royal governor. The elite instigators of the insurrection garnered broad support by stoking prejudice and exploiting the desperation of struggling and marginalized groups, including many in the colony’s growing, and increasingly oppressed African population who saw in the uprising a chance for self-liberation. After this initial onslaught, the rebels turned their attention to their opponents in the colonial government, marching on Jamestown and vandalizing the homes of prominent loyalists.

Three hundred and fifty years later, archaeological traces of these events are still evident at sites across Virginia. Completed on the eve of the conflict and captured by rebels who used it as a fort during the final months of fighting, “Bacon’s Castle” in Surry County is the only structure involved in Bacon’s Rebellion that is still visible above the ground. In the 1980s, archaeological excavations revealed evidence of the damage and subsequent clean-up efforts in a large pit hastily concealed beneath the elaborate garden completed at the end of the 17th century.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/surry/the-archeology-of-bacons-rebellion/200029808255946
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## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: https://baconsrebellion350.org/event/lecture-the-archaeology-of-bacons-rebellion/?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=surry-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Surry
- **state**: VA
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Bacon's Castle
- **lat**: 37.108821389972
- **long**: -76.722182960731
- **full address**: Bacon's Castle, 465 Bacons Castle Trl,Surry, Virginia, United States

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- **organizer**: Preservation Virginia (https://allevents.in/org/preservation-virginia/12541442)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Wed, 19 Aug, 2026 at 06:00 pm (-04:00)
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** Bacon's Castle, 465 Bacons Castle Trl,Surry, Virginia, United States
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
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