Books & Bites: Virginia Beach with American Landmark

Virginia Beach will talk about her new nonfiction book American Landmark: Charles Duell and the Rebirth of Middleton Place. Middleton Place is the birthplace of a Declaration of Independence signer and the home of a First Continental Congress president. It was also home to hundreds of men, women and children enslaved by the Middletons. American Landmark weaves together myriad biographical stories, introducing us to an array of protagonists – both white and Black – who have been associated with Middleton Place for the last three centuries.