This is a fun and informative series, you'll never know who may attend! Bring your lunch, and have a drink and dessert on us. Hampton History Museum. Noon. Free Admission. 757/727-1610. www.hampton1610.com (120 Old Hampton Lane, Hampton, VA 23669)

January 16- Classic television special with Emmy and Tony award-winning actor Hal Holbrook discussing America as Mark Twain's

February 20- "From Biplanes to Apollo" presentation by Mary E. Gainer, Historic Preservation Officer at N.A.S.A. Langley Research Center

March 20- Honoring the Dead in Hampton – Cemeteries and the Civil War with highlights from "This Republic of Suffering: Death and the American Civil War" a film based on the award-winning book by author/historian Drew Gilpin Faust

April 17- "Hop's Place: On the Road in Hampton Since 1922" featuring Charles S. Hopkins, President of Hop's Place

May 15- "The Amazing Sears Homes of Hampton" program by architectural historian Rosemary Thornton

June 19- "The Hampton Fire Company: Over a Century of Volunteer Firefighting" reflections by retired fireman and historian Claude Burge

July-December 2013 TBD