Tuesday, September 8, 2015 – 7:30 p.m.
Maas Center Auditorium, Hope College
264 Columbia Avenue, Holland
After establishing a successful Dutch colony in Holland, Michigan in 1847, Albertus C. Van Raalte turned his attention to the warmer climes of Amelia County, Virginia, where he attempted to establish a second colony. Join Janet Sheeres as she presents the first major study of the Amelia settlement, a carefully researched account of that colonization attempt, with a thorough analysis of why it failed.