The Wright Scoop Shares Legacy – Folklore, Legend or Family Stories
Glen Allen based The Wright Scoop – consultant, lecturer, & wordsmith Sylvia Hoehns Wright in celebration of her heritage – Quaker, has issued a challenge to Henrico residents – identify and record your legacy: folklore, legends and family stories.
Henrico County, VA, February 15, 2010 --(PR.com)-- Host by Henrico County Libraries, Wright’s topic – Legacy: folklore, legends & family stories, scheduled from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday March 4th at the Fairfield Library and March 18th at the Tuckahoe Library, explores research techniques as well as tips and strategies for publication of family histories.
Using her newly published book – A Path Worn Smooth, a millennium woman’s heritage – as a guideline, Wright shares the legacy of her Henrico County family heritage; specifically to encourage all to research their legacy as it relates to the County’s pending 400 year celebration. Additional events are planned and will be posted on Wright’s web site, www.TheWrightScoop.com, HC Library, www.co.henrico.va.us/faqs/living/library or HCC, www.henrico400th.com. All events are open ‘free’ to the public.
A Path Worn Smooth, the story of a millennium woman’s heritage -
Initially, Wright held a book launch at the Laurel Gallery, www.laurelgallery.net, located in Laurel Historic District. In her book – A Path Worn Smooth, which is dedicated to the people of Laurel Historic District, she invites readers to walk on a path worn smooth by generational expectation. Savor nostalgia for the places that are near and dear to her heart, recall family traditions and more importantly, renew experiences. Challenging all to celebrate heritage because heritage is more than a possession, it is a gift: the birthright of our children.
In draft format, Wright’s book received the 2006 Writer’s Connection VA Book Competition Award. Having donated an excerpt from her book to an anthology – Happy Birthday, Mr. Lincoln, she is also one of nation-wide contributors recognized by the 2009 Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge George Washington Metal for her collaborative effort to promote an understanding and appreciation of America’s rich heritage and unique freedoms.
Wright’s Colleagues Share Words of Praise for her Work –
Wright’s book described by the Fredericksburg Free Lance Star newspaper as ‘heart felt’ a poet writing prose, author & poet Jean Hull Herman says, “Sylvia Hoehns Wright demonstrates on the pages of 'A Path Worn Smooth' the importance of a woman pondering her life in all its phases, from the beginning experienced to the future desired. She roots her comments and commentaries in her Quaker past; she knows where she is in the present (no small feat in our world of minute-to-minute changes); she faces the prospects of the future with the calm strength of a realist. She examines and celebrates her past, draws strength from what she has learned. The magic: so can the reader. As a poet, publisher of a poetry magazine for 22 years, essayist, novelist, and teacher, I can say 'I wish I’d written this!'”
Project Background -
The descendent recipient of family pictures and documents, Wright first approached ownership of these documents from a geology perspective. But when the opportunity to restore her family’s grave site occurred, she research its history and recorded the research with Henrico County’s historic places department which result in the placement of a historical marker.
Solicited by the County, she recently helped create a documentary - No Stone Unturned: Cemetery Identification in Henrico. Wright’s family cemetery was selected because it is presently the only private cemetery designated historic through the County's historic places program. In the documentary, Wright discusses the influence of Lincoln's Legacy as it affects her family history and encourages other families to seek historic designation for their cemeteries, too.
Filmed in October 2008, the documentary was broadcast on HCTV channel 17. Copies are available by contacting Ryan Eubank, Senior Television Producer / Director, HCTV 17, County of Henrico, 804-501-7267, eub01@co.henrico.va.us.
Sharing her Henrico County family history in a newly published Lincoln Legacy anthology, Wright says, “As the descendant of one affected family, I question if Lincoln truly understood the rippling impact of his decisions. When I recall the image of a great-grandmother small of physical statue, I recall a person that stood tall in the face difficulty: abandoned by a husband placed in a Confederate work camp; yet risking family security to participate in an act of humanity, the sharing of her family’s grave site with soldiers of both blue and gray.”
Career History –
Committed to the welfare of her civic and business communities, Wright is a founding Director involved in the establishment of Laurel as a Historic District and was recognized by Innsbrook Today magazine for her ongoing community contributions as an ‘Innsbrook Hero’. As the recipient of the Turn America from Eco-weak to Eco-chic Award, Wright challenges all to move from their communities from eco-weak to eco-chic – ‘green’ life’s garden, one scoop at a time.
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Using her newly published book – A Path Worn Smooth, a millennium woman’s heritage – as a guideline, Wright shares the legacy of her Henrico County family heritage; specifically to encourage all to research their legacy as it relates to the County’s pending 400 year celebration. Additional events are planned and will be posted on Wright’s web site, www.TheWrightScoop.com, HC Library, www.co.henrico.va.us/faqs/living/library or HCC, www.henrico400th.com. All events are open ‘free’ to the public.
A Path Worn Smooth, the story of a millennium woman’s heritage -
Initially, Wright held a book launch at the Laurel Gallery, www.laurelgallery.net, located in Laurel Historic District. In her book – A Path Worn Smooth, which is dedicated to the people of Laurel Historic District, she invites readers to walk on a path worn smooth by generational expectation. Savor nostalgia for the places that are near and dear to her heart, recall family traditions and more importantly, renew experiences. Challenging all to celebrate heritage because heritage is more than a possession, it is a gift: the birthright of our children.
In draft format, Wright’s book received the 2006 Writer’s Connection VA Book Competition Award. Having donated an excerpt from her book to an anthology – Happy Birthday, Mr. Lincoln, she is also one of nation-wide contributors recognized by the 2009 Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge George Washington Metal for her collaborative effort to promote an understanding and appreciation of America’s rich heritage and unique freedoms.
Wright’s Colleagues Share Words of Praise for her Work –
Wright’s book described by the Fredericksburg Free Lance Star newspaper as ‘heart felt’ a poet writing prose, author & poet Jean Hull Herman says, “Sylvia Hoehns Wright demonstrates on the pages of 'A Path Worn Smooth' the importance of a woman pondering her life in all its phases, from the beginning experienced to the future desired. She roots her comments and commentaries in her Quaker past; she knows where she is in the present (no small feat in our world of minute-to-minute changes); she faces the prospects of the future with the calm strength of a realist. She examines and celebrates her past, draws strength from what she has learned. The magic: so can the reader. As a poet, publisher of a poetry magazine for 22 years, essayist, novelist, and teacher, I can say 'I wish I’d written this!'”
Project Background -
The descendent recipient of family pictures and documents, Wright first approached ownership of these documents from a geology perspective. But when the opportunity to restore her family’s grave site occurred, she research its history and recorded the research with Henrico County’s historic places department which result in the placement of a historical marker.
Solicited by the County, she recently helped create a documentary - No Stone Unturned: Cemetery Identification in Henrico. Wright’s family cemetery was selected because it is presently the only private cemetery designated historic through the County's historic places program. In the documentary, Wright discusses the influence of Lincoln's Legacy as it affects her family history and encourages other families to seek historic designation for their cemeteries, too.
Filmed in October 2008, the documentary was broadcast on HCTV channel 17. Copies are available by contacting Ryan Eubank, Senior Television Producer / Director, HCTV 17, County of Henrico, 804-501-7267, eub01@co.henrico.va.us.
Sharing her Henrico County family history in a newly published Lincoln Legacy anthology, Wright says, “As the descendant of one affected family, I question if Lincoln truly understood the rippling impact of his decisions. When I recall the image of a great-grandmother small of physical statue, I recall a person that stood tall in the face difficulty: abandoned by a husband placed in a Confederate work camp; yet risking family security to participate in an act of humanity, the sharing of her family’s grave site with soldiers of both blue and gray.”
Career History –
Committed to the welfare of her civic and business communities, Wright is a founding Director involved in the establishment of Laurel as a Historic District and was recognized by Innsbrook Today magazine for her ongoing community contributions as an ‘Innsbrook Hero’. As the recipient of the Turn America from Eco-weak to Eco-chic Award, Wright challenges all to move from their communities from eco-weak to eco-chic – ‘green’ life’s garden, one scoop at a time.
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