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A New Virginia
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Across Time: Robinson House, Its Land and People
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On February 28, 2019, Elizabeth L. O’Leary delivered the Banner Lecture, “Across Time: Robinson House, Its Land and People.”
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Airship ROMA: A Forgotten Tragedy
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On February 9, Nancy E. Sheppard delivered a Banner Lecture entitled “Airship ROMA: A Forgotten Tragedy.”
In March 1921, Maj. John G. Thornell and...
Ambler and the Jeannette
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Becoming an Author: Amélie Rives’s Audacious Entrance into Publishing by Jane Censer Turner
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On April 28, 2022, historian Jane Turner Censer presented a lecture about the literary career of Amélie Rives.
By 1890, Amélie Rives was well-known...
Care Beyond National and Color Lines: Filipino Nurses in Virginia Across the 20th Century
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Confessions of a Southern Church
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On April 27, 2023, writer Christopher Graham delivered a lecture about his book, Faith, Race, and the Lost Cause: Confessions of a Southern Church.
W...
Curator Conversation: Bringing it Together: Stories Behind “Our Commonwealth”
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In this series, VMHC curatorial staff bring exclusive member-only programs to you on a variety of interesting topics. To see upcoming events in this...
Curator Conversations: New to the Collection
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In this series, VMHC curatorial staff bring exclusive member-only programs to you on a variety of interesting topics. To see upcoming events in this...
Curator Conversations: Year-End Review
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In this series, VMHC curatorial staff bring exclusive member-only programs to you on a variety of interesting topics. To see upcoming events in this...
Curators At Home: Virginia on Film
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On May 8, 2020, VMHC Sr. Director of Curatorial Affairs Andrew Talkov presented this program as part of our Curators At Home Series taped by...
Curators at Work: Stamping Out Smallpox: The History of the First Vaccine
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As we entered our second year of the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic in 2021, we asked: have you ever wondered how Virginians fought infectious disease...
Death and Rebirth in a Southern City: Richmond's Historic Cemeteries
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On April 8, 2021, Ryan K. Smith presented an exploration of the history and recovery of the burial grounds of Richmond, Virginia, through the lens of...
Determined
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Ella Fitzgerald's False Eyelashes
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Eye of the Storm: The Civil War Drawings of Robert Knox Sneden
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From Marshall to Moussaoui: Federal Justice in the Eastern District of Virginia
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On February 5, 2015, John O. Peters, author of "From Marshall to Moussaoui: Federal Justice in the Eastern District of Virginia," was interviewed by...
From Reel to Real Indians
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On November 20, 2019, the VMHC presented a screening of the award-winning film Reel Injun (2009, 88 minutes) by Cree-Canadian filmmaker Neil Diamond....
Glee Clubs
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