I was in Charlottesville, VA, last week to attend the latest annual meeting of the French Colonial Historical Society. I used to be a regular attendee between the 1980s and the early 2000s, and once served as its president.

This time round I was there as both a presenter (my topic and session are reproduced here) and as a past president that the society wanted to acknowledge as it nears its 50th anniversary. One photo here shows everyone in my session: chair Robin Mitchell and fellow presenters Sue Peabody and Patti Flinn. Another photo presents some of the leadership of the FCHS, past, present, and future.