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Acts of Resistance: A Fight for Freedom and Equality
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Adam Thoroughgood House
Address: 1636 Parish Road, Virginia Beach, VA 23455 Phone: 757.460.7588 Web site: http://virginiabeachhistory.org...
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Adèle Clark and Nora Houston — Winning and Wielding the Vote
Adèle Clark (1882–1983) and Nora Houston (1883–1942) were artists, activists, and partners who worked tirelessly first to
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Adult In-Person Programs
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Learn about the many tour options available to visiting groups.
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Adult Virtual Programs
HistoryConnects Lifelong Learning Programs bring the history of the Commonwealth to your residents through...
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Advertising Rates
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This page describes the costs, deadlines, and specifications for those looking to advertise in the Virginia Magazine of...
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Advice and Etiquette Books
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Studying etiquette books offers researchers a glimpse of how people interacted and how they adapted to their changing...
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Affidavit, 1693
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This affidavit informs the governor that Frank, a man of African descent enslaved by Henry Gibbs, has been jailed on...
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Aftermath
"From the political point of view, the murder of John Brown . . . would impart to the Union a creeping fissure that at the
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Aftermath (An American Turning Point: The Civil War in Virginia)
This video was featured as the concluding video in the exhibition, An American Turning Point: The Civil War in Virginia.
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Against All Odds: A True Story of Ultimate Courage and Survival in World War II
In this lecture on May 24, 2022, historian Alex Kershaw spoke about his book, Against All Odds: A True Story of Ultimate Courage and Survival in World...
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Agents of Change
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Organized in conjunction with the statewide Women’s Suffrage Centennial, this exhibition featured artifacts from the...
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Agents of Change Traveling Exhibition
Bring Agents of Change to your venue! Learn how you can bring our Agents of Change: Female Activism in Virginia from...
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Agents of Change: Female Activism in Virginia from Women’s Suffrage to Today
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In 1920, the United States ratified the Nineteenth Amendment guaranteeing women the right to vote. The struggle for female
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Airship ROMA: A Forgotten Tragedy
On February 9, Nancy E. Sheppard delivered a Banner Lecture entitled “Airship ROMA: A Forgotten Tragedy.”
In March 1921, Maj. John G. Thornell and...
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Alexander & Virginia Weddell: A Love Story
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Many years ago, a love story was ignited between the future residents of Virginia House, Alexander and Virginia Weddell.
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All Falling Faiths: Reflections on the Promise and Failure of the 1960s
On March 29, Judge J. Harvie Wilkinson III delivered a Banner Lecture entitled “All Falling Faiths: Reflections on the Promise and Failure of the...
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