Zack Fleming presents the maps of Thomas Jefferson, his father Peter Jefferson and more that defined Virginia, the colonies and early America. Fleming, a cartographer, runs the website, YouTube page and social media sites Geography Geek. - November 2023

Thomas Jefferson was America's first architect and mentored several of the nation's first professional architects. His creations include public works, such as The University of Virginia and the Virginia state capitol, and private structures, such as Monticello and Poplar Forest. Peter Marshall’s presentation highlights Jefferson’s creations, both famous and obscure. - July 2023

The 2023 Founders Day program celebrates the area’s rich lumber heritage. Speakers are Jay Dickens and Barry Fulcher of The Lester Group, and George Lester is a surprise guest.

Before the entire world was mapped in detail, it was filled with fictitious geography. Bad theories, misunderstandings, and wishful thinking led places to appear on maps that never existed. Cartographer Zack Fleming explains. - June 2022

The Martinsville Henry County Historical Society’s Annual Meeting in May 2023 features guest speaker Bill Guerrant.

Jim Woods, portraying Thomas Jefferson, reads from the Declaration of Independence. - July 4, 2021

Barry Dorsey presents the Founders Day program in February 2021.

Dicky Globman talks about the history of the Ohev Zion Synagogue, which was built in 1927 on Moss Street and moved to Parkview Avenue in 1961. Globman is the grandson of Abe and Masha Globman of the iconic store of that name. - October 2023

Virginia Museum of Natural History’s Director Joe Kieper, Ph.D. describes some of the many discoveries made during VMNH’s time in Martinsville. - March 2023

Author and historian Jan Mackell Collins presents a socially acceptable program about why the prostitution industry was so important in the development of America and the West. - October 2022

Speaker Will Pannill is the grandson of William Letcher Pannill, considered a pioneer of Martinsville's textile industry by opening the Pannill Knitting Company in 1925. It was the first mill in the South to knit cotton textiles rather than spin yarn or weave cloth. - March 2022

Phillip Davis gives the 25-year history of the museum at the former Henry County Courthouse. The Martinsville-Henry County Historical Society was formed in 1996 when Henry County moved its court operations from the 1824 to a new facility on Kings Mountain Road. - December 2021

Dr. Hayden Bassett, VMNH Asst. Curator of Archaeology will talk about Prehistoric Settlements along the Smith River. - December 2020

Herb Atwell of Mountain Valley Brewing in Axton talks about the history of beer. - December 2020

Truman Adkins gives the history of Jack Fontaine’s Spring Branch, which runs under The Village of Martinsville (former Liberty Fair Mall). It is named for the freedman who is thought to be the first black person to buy real estate in Henry County. The presentation also includes Lester Airport, the Fair and how the land changed from a hollow to what it is today. - September 2023

A long history and community fostered by African American churches bringing people together with music and religion. Sample the legacies of gospel and music brought through time and being preserved by congregations with strong traditions. - March 2023

Virginia King talks about Martinsville Historic District’s compact array of architectural styles reflecting the taste of technologies of nearly every period of its development, including well preserved examples of Greek revival, Romanesque revival, Classical revival, colonial revival, commercial, international and art deco styles. - October 2022

Tom Apple presents artifacts and information on how the seas were navigated before electronic path finding and when sails and masts dominated ship building. He includes information about sailing tools such as astrolabes, compasses, sextants, and quadrants. - March 2022

Local historian and collector Jarred Marlowe talks about the history of the architecture of the George Hairston family, owners of the Beaver Creek Plantation and other properties of the 18th and 19th century. - September 2021

Local historian Steve Isom shares some of what he has learned about tribes such as the Saura, the Tutelo and other Native American Indians in the part of Virginia where Martinsville and Henry County are located. - December 2020

Local mapmaker, Zach Fleming sharea historical maps such as John Smith's Jamestown Map, Lewis & Clark's Maps, John MItchell's British and French Dominions map and points out unique features of the maps and how they influenced colonization and development of this country. - September 2021