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Pocahontas – Religion and Faith (Pocahontas Symposium: Session 2)
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Few figures from the American past are better known than the young Powhatan woman who has come down to us as “Pocahontas.” Her fame began in her own...
Rentals at Virginia House
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Silver in Virginia
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Slavery
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Soul Liberty: The Evolution of Black Religious Politics in Postemancipation
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That churches are one of the most important cornerstones of black political organization is a commonplace. In her new history of African American...
The Abduction of Pocahontas
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The First Thanksgiving
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On October 13, 2011, Graham Woodlief and Barbara Ramos delivered their lecture entitled "The First Thanksgiving."
Because of what they learned in...
The House
The Paradox of Robert Edward Lee
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On June 1, 2017, at noon, David Cox delivered a Banner Lecture entitled "The Paradox of Robert Edward Lee."
Robert E. Lee remains as controversial...
The Strange Genius of Mr. O: The World of the United States’ First Forgotten Celebrity
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On July 15, 2021, historian Carolyn Eastman delivered a Banner Lecture examining the career of James Ogilvie, a now-forgotten celebrity of the very...
The Weddells
Theodore de Bry's Engravings
Thomas Jefferson and the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom
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Valentines
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Violins of Hope
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Virginia House
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War and Pieces: Quilts through America's War Years
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On Thursday, August 22, Neva Hart delivered a banner lecture entitled "War and Pieces: Quilts through America's War Years."
For soldiers in the field...