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Red Hill Rediscovered: Critty and her Kitchen

February 11, 2025 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm

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Date:
February 11, 2025
Time:
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Event Category:

Venue

Virtual

CODY YOUNGBLOOD, DIRECTOR OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION & COLLECTIONS


Join Red Hill’s Director of Historic Preservation & Collections, Cody Youngblood, for a look into the life of Critty and her job as the possible cook at Red Hill in the 1790s. This virtual talk will be streamed LIVE on Red Hill’s social media pages.
 
About the talk:
 
A cook was one of the most important positions at an 18th-century plantation. Their expertise in food preparation, food storage, and recipe creation ensured the successful operation of both the kitchen and their enslavers’ home. Critty, who may have been the cook at Red Hill, was enslaved by Patrick Henry with her three sons. This talk will explore Critty’s incredible legacy as a highly adept chef and how her day-to-day life is documented, remembered, and acknowledged today.
 
About the speaker:
 

Cody Youngblood is an architectural historian and museum professional. He holds a B.A. in Historic Preservation and Museum Studies from the University of Mary Washington and an M.A. in the Conservation of Historic Buildings from the University of York. He has formerly served as the Museum Director of George C. Marshall’s Dodona Manor. Cody has also contributed to the reinterpretation of historic interiors at Oatlands Historic House & Gardens in Leesburg, Virginia, and the Rising Sun Tavern in Fredericksburg, Virginia.

At Red Hill, Cody stewards the museum collection of nearly 3,000 artifacts and directs the preservation of the site’s historic built environment.

Event registration:

This event is FREE and will be streamed on Red Hill’s social media pages on Tuesday, February 11 at 2:00 pm. Links will be emailed to you after registering.

REGISTER HERE