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Escape!: The Story of the Confederacy's Infamous Libby Prison and the Civil War's Largest Jail Break
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On September 2, 2021, historian Robert P. Watson delivered a Banner Lecture about his research and book about the Confederacy’s infamous Libby Prison...
Eye of the Storm: The Civil War Drawings of Robert Knox Sneden
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Family of Assassins
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On October, 31, David O. Stewart, delivered a banner lecture entitled "Family of Assassins: The Surratts of Maryland."
Everyone knows about John...
Family of Assassins: The Surratts of Maryland
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On October, 31, David O. Stewart, delivered a banner lecture entitled “Family of Assassins: The Surratts of Maryland.”
Everyone knows about John...
First Dads: Parenting and Politics from George Washington to Barack Obama
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On June 2 at noon, Joshua Kendall delivered a Banner Lecture entitled "First Dads: Parenting and Politics from George Washington to Barack Obama."
Ev...
First Family: George Washington's Heirs and the Making of America
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On February 22, 2024, historians Cassandra Good and Carolyn Eastman presented a lecture on the Washington family, celebrity, and the development of...
First House: Two Centuries with Virginia's First Families
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On October 10, Mary Miley Theobald, delivered a banner lecture entitled "First House: Two Centuries with Virginia's First Families."
Conceived...
For the Love of Beauty: The Collections of Lora and Claiborne Robins
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Fore-edge Painting
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Fortune’s Fool: The Life of John Wilkes Booth (Chauncey Lecture 2015)
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On June 11, Terry Alford delivered the 2015 Hazel and Fulton Chauncey Lecture, entitled "Fortune’s Fool: The Life of John Wilkes Booth."
With a...
Founders as Fathers: Going Home with Virginia's Revolutionary
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On October 9, 2014, Lorri Glover delivered a Banner Lecture entitled "Founders as Fathers: Going Home with Virginia's Revolutionary." Set against the...
Freedmen's Schools
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Fresh Paint
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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...
General Lee's Army: From Victory to Collapse by Dr. Glatthaar
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In this lecture, based on his new book General Lee’s Army, Dr. Glatthaar used the story of Robert E. Lee’s army as a powerful lens for viewing the...
General Orders No. 61
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George Thomas: Virginian for the Union By Christopher Einolf
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Most southern-born army officers resigned their commissions to join the Confederacy in 1861. But a substantial minority remained loyal to the national...
Gettysburg’s Southern Front: Opportunity and Failure at Richmond
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On July 6, 2023, author Hampton Newsome delivered a lecture on the little-known United States offensive against Richmond during the Gettysburg...
Glee Clubs
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Grant verse Lee: The Wilderness to Petersburg
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The video is from the 2007 Lee and Grant Exhibition at the Virginia Historical Society and looks at Grant versus Lee, the Wilderness to Petersburg.