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John Marshall Judicial Robe Exhibit Preview
This recording is of a past program by the John Marshall Center for Constitutional History & Civics, as part of a series featuring constitutional...
John Marshall: The Final Founder
This recording is of a past program by the John Marshall Center for Constitutional History & Civics, as part of a series featuring constitutional...
John Marshall: The Man Who Made the Supreme Court
On November 12, 2018, Richard Brookhiser delivered the banner lecture, “John Marshall: The Man Who Made the Supreme Court.”
In 1801, a genial and...
John Randolph of Roanoke
“Keep It a Holy Thing”: Lee Chapel’s Greatest Challenge
On August 2, 2018, David Cox delivered a banner lecture, “‘Keep It a Holy Thing’: Lee Chapel’s Greatest Challenge.”
The chapel that Robert E. Lee...
Last Call: The Rise and Fall of Prohibition
Lincoln’s Spies: Their Secret War to Save a Nation
On January 23, 2020, Douglas Waller delivered the Banner Lecture, "Lincoln’s Spies: Their Secret War to Save a Nation." Lincoln’s Spies is a story...
Louis Brandeis: An American Legal Giant by Melvin Urofsky
On March 25, 2010, Melvin Urofsky delivered a lecture on his book Louis Brandeis: An American Legal Giant.
Louis Brandeis was one of the most...
Magna Carta: 800 Years since Runnymede A. E. Dick Howard
On September 9, 2014, at noon, A. E. Dick Howard delivered a Banner Lecture entitled "Magna Carta: 800 Years since Runnymede."
In 2015 people on both...
Mark Twain, FFV? America’s Most Beloved Author and the Old Dominion by Alan Pell Crawford
On January 11, 2018, Alan Pell Crawford will delivered a Banner Lecture entitled “Mark Twain, FFV? America’s Most Beloved Author and the Old Dominion...
Master of the Mountain: Thomas Jefferson and His Slaves
On February 7, 2013, Henry Wiencek delivered a Banner Lecture entitled "Master of the Mountain: Thomas Jefferson and His Slaves."
Is there anything...
Moses Ezekiel: Civil War Soldier, Renowned Sculptor by Keith Gibson
Few sculptors of the nineteenth century were as well known during their lifetimes as Moses Ezekiel, though he is little-known today. The first Jewish...
Movie Mythbusting: Liberty's Kids
Crossing the Delaware: a holiday classic... or was it? Learn the truth behind Washington's role in this historic event with this edition of Movie...
Native Southerners: The Indigenous People Who Made and Remade the South
On May 9, 2019, Gregory D. Smithers delivered the Banner Lecture, “Native Southerners: The Indigenous People Who Made and Remade the South.”
Long...
On Hallowed Ground: The Story of Arlington National Cemetery By Robert Poole
On February 18, 2010, Robert Poole delivered a lecture on his book On Hallowed Ground: The Story of Arlington National Cemetery.
In his new book...
One Nation Under Debt by Robert E. Wright
On September 4, 2008, Robert E. Wright delivered a Banner Lecture on his book, Virginia: Catalyst of Commerce for Four Centuries. The United States...
Patrick Henry: Champion of Liberty
On August 24, 2017, Jon Kukla delivered a Banner Lecture entitled “Patrick Henry: Champion of Liberty.”
Patrick Henry is remembered today mostly for...
Perspectives on American Democracy
As part of The Richmond Times-Dispatch's live election night coverage of the 2022 mid-terms, Matt Pochily explored the American Democracy: A Great...
President Without a Party
On May 20, 2021, J. Leahy presented a banner lecture on how John Tyler messed up on being president.
The first president to ascend to the office...
Rebellious Passage: The Creole Revolt and America's Coastal Slave Trade
On March 18, 2021, Jeffrey R. Kerr-Ritchie presented the Banner Lecture "Rebellious Passage" about the first comprehensive history of the ship revolt...