Wed 7/1

5:00 pm - 7:00 pm - Doors Open, Mingle with Revolution Reenactors, View Art Exhibit and meet artists in Grandin Theatre Gallery
7:00 pm - 7:25 pm - Welcome, Introductions, Interpretive Dance 
7:25 pm - 8:25 pm - Screening of PBS’s RESOLVED TO LIVE FREE OR DIE
8:25 pm - 8:45 pm - Panel Discussion, moderated by Garrett Channell, Salem Museum & History Society
8:45 pm - 9:00 pm - Q & A

Location: Main Theatre, Main Lobby, Second Floor Gallery

General Admission: Free Admission, with RSVP

Resolved to Live and Die: The Revolutionary Roots of Southwest Virginia is a Blue Ridge PBS and PBS Appalachia documentary, released in late 2025, detailing Southwest Virginia's crucial role in the American Revolution. The film highlights the 1775 Fincastle Resolutions—a pre-Declaration of Independence document declaring a resolve to die free rather than live as slaves to the British Crown—and includes historical reenactments.

This film screening is presented by: