Black History Program at Belle Grove Plantation

Warren-Page Branch #7125 Celebrates BLACK HISTORY MONTH
On SATURDAY, February 4, at 1:00 p.m. at Belle Grove Plantation
Located at 336 Belle Grove Road | Middletown, VA 22645

In association with The Belle Grove Plantation.Org
And the NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
Free to the public.

The Belle Grove Plantation

Belle Grove Plantation was the home of Isaac Hite, Jr. and his first wife Nelly Madison Hite (sister of President James Madison) and second wife Ann Tunstall Maury Hite.  Isaac Hite, Jr. owned and lived on the property from 1783 until his death in 1836 and his family continued to live here until the 1850s before selling it in 1860.  Family records indicate that Isaac Hite, Jr. owned 276 enslaved individuals. The success of the agriculture and manufacturing on the Plantation would not have been possible without their labor. The staff and board of directors of Belle Grove Plantation are committed to researching the lives of these enslaved people so that we may preserve and present their history as well as the history of the Hite family.

Belle Grove Plantation is located off Route 11 at 336 Belle Grove Road just south of Middletown, Virginia 22645 and is conveniently located to I-81 (use exit 302) and I-66.  Belle Grove Plantation is a non-profit historic house museum that is a National Trust for Historic Preservation site and a partner in Cedar Creek Belle Grove National Historical Park.

Cedar Creek and Belle Grove National Historical Park Ranger Shannon Moeck will lead a 30-minute program, Kneading in Silence: A Glimpse Into The Life of Judah the Enslaved Cook in the Belle Grove Winter Kitchen. Purchased by the Hites in 1794, Judah remained their cook until her death in 1836.

Reverend Bessie Taylor Jett is the Pastor of the Church Without Walls Ministry, Huntly, VA. This ministry is worship to sick and shut-in members located in the Shenandoah Valley, the District of Columbia, Maryland and Northern Virginia.  She is the former pastor of the Esbie Baptist Church, Strasburg, VA.  She earned her Masters of Divinity degree from the School of Theology, Virginia Union University in Richmond, VA. She has served in leadership positions on the National, State and local areas.  She is the current Assistant Secretary of the Warren-Page Branch of the NAACP.  She has published a book, Worship Aids for the Church, a collection of invocations, offertory sentences, etc.

THE WARREN-PAGE BRANCH
NAACP BLACK HISTORY MONTH PROGRAM

February 4, 2017

Invocation
Reverend Alfred Woods
NAACP Vice President

Introduction of the Mistress of Ceremony
Mr. Will Hairston
Co – Chair of Coming to the Table

Mistress of Ceremony
Dr. Judith James
Co – Chair of Coming to the Table

Musical Selection
Mrs. Jean Ollie Baltimore

Director of Belle Grove Plantation
Mrs. Kristen Laise

Speaker
Reverend Bessie Taylor-Jett
Pastor, of the Church without Walls

Park Ranger
Ms. Shannon Moeck
United States National Park Service

Musical Selection
Mrs. Jean Ollie Baltimore

Remarks
Mr. A.D.Carter, III, President
Warren-Page Branch #7125 NAACP

Closing Selection

Benediction
Reverend james Kilby
Pastor, First Baptist of Washington, VA.

Note of Special Thanks

To the Belle Grove Foundation., and the United States National Park Service for willing participation in this Very Special Project Project