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Rick ‘n Roast

Name: Rick ‘n Roast
Start: 2025-11-09T12:00:00-05:00
End: 2025-11-09T18:00:00-05:00
Location: Rosewell

November 9, 2025 @ 12:00 pm – 6:00 pm

Join us for a FREE event about lime rick burning, a historic method once used by brick masons to roast oyster shells for mortar. The demonstration will show how oyster shells were turned into a vital building material. Enjoy lively fife and drum music, brunswick stew and cornbread, and hot apple cider.

Rosewell

5113 Old Rosewell Lane
Gloucester, Virginia 23061 United States + Google Map

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The Fairfield Foundation's mission is to promote and involve the public in hands-on archaeology, preservation and education activities within Virginia’s Middle Peninsula and surrounding areas. We are a 501(c)3 not-for-profit organization offering public programs, research opportunities and outreach activities since 2000. We operate five properties in Gloucester County: Fairfield Archaeology Park, Timberneck House at Machicomoco, Edge Hill Texaco (the C.A.P.E.), Rosewell Ruins and Visitor Center, and Walter Reed birthplace. For more information about us and other historic resources on the Middle Peninsula or to arrange presentations on a variety of topics related to local history and archaeology, please contact us. Check out the calendar for upcoming activities.
The Fairfield Foundation
P.O. Box 157 White Marsh VA 23183
Phone:
(804) 815-4467
Email:
fairfield@fairfieldfoundation.org

Rosewell

Center for Archaeology, Preservation and Education (CAPE)

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