Belsches speaks at brewery

Published 10:11 am Tuesday, March 27, 2018

Elvatrice Parker Belsches with the American Civil War Museum speaks to an audience at Third Street Brewing March 13 about the life of Elizabeth Keckley, a former slave who was born in Dinwiddie County and became a woman’s dress designer, known for her designs for Mary Lincoln, Abraham Lincoln’s wife.

Belsches is the co-founder of the Central Virginia African-American Genealogical and Historical Society.

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