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Article Set - Chapter
May 1967
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![Tracked vehicles were used by the 3rd brigade when it moved to the coastal area and worked to clear the region of Vietcong. Pictured is a marine amtrack (amphibious landing craft). “We are using them a bit,” Rasmussen wrote. A military tank](/sites/default/files/styles/fp_landscape_768x576/public/Letters%20from%20Vietnam_TC23.4_Digital_10.JPG.webp?itok=WG3GERsj)
Article Set - Chapter
Memory
Which John Brown have Americans remembered? The crusader for abolition or the bloodthirsty terrorist? Brown was not forgotten
Exhibition
Mending Walls RVA
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![Mending Walls RVA logo.jpg Mending Walls RVA logo.jpg](/sites/default/files/styles/fp_landscape_768x576/public/Mending%20Walls%20RVA%20logo.jpg.webp?itok=LXP9_lQ1)
This pop-up exhibition and community collaboration featured a diverse group of artists creating public artwork as a tool...
Exhibition
Merry Christmas, Charlie Brown!
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![Merry Christmas, Charlie Brown Exhibition Merry Christmas, Charlie Brown Exhibition installed in the gallery with small tree with red ornament in foreground](/sites/default/files/styles/fp_landscape_768x576/public/Merry-Christmas-Charlie-Brown-Gallery_005_1920x1440.jpg.webp?itok=j0FcaWlj)
This exhibition examined the making of this animated classic and celebrated the anticipation, joy, and pitfalls of the...
Article Set - Chapter
Nancy Bailey Cogsdale — Breaking Barriers in Wartime
World War II opened new opportunities for women in the military and on the home front. In 1943, Nancy Bailey (1922–2020
Article Set - Chapter
November 1967
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![The Lockheed C-130-Hercules was able to use unprepared runways for takeoffs and landings. It was designed as a troop, medevac, and cargo transport aircraft. It entered service in 1956 and proved so helpful in Vietnam that its use continued after the war. A large plan on a dirt runway](/sites/default/files/styles/fp_landscape_768x576/public/Letters%20from%20Vietnam_TC23.4_Digital_16.JPG.webp?itok=3EwtCvdn)
Article Set - Chapter
October 1967
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![A series of 3 pet dogs brought Lt. Rasmussen a bit of normalcy and joy during his year in Vietnam. ‘Nathaniel’ is pictured here. A series of 3 pet dogs brought Lt. Rasmussen a bit of normalcy and joy during his year in Vietnam. ‘Nathaniel’ is pictured here.](/sites/default/files/styles/fp_landscape_768x576/public/Letters%20from%20Vietnam_TC23.4_Digital_17.JPG.webp?itok=-1YV6Uw5)
Article Set - Chapter
Off to War
Following United States entry into the war, the army designated Newport News and New York City as ports of embarkation
Exhibition
Oh, Shenandoah
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![Long Branch Plantation, Clarke County Long Branch Plantation, Clarke County](/sites/default/files/styles/fp_landscape_768x576/public/3-Long-Branch-Plantation-Clarke-County-Millwood_Web.jpg.webp?itok=U-h11ed6)
Article Set - Chapter
Ongoing Resistance to Desegregation
By 1964, five years after the end of Massive Resistance, only 5 percent of black students in Virginia were attending
Article Set - Chapter
Online Resources
Anyone conducting research on the Civil War in Virginia is faced with a daunting task. Thousands of books have been written
Exhibition
Our Commonwealth
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![Our Commonwealth Silhouettes of two people looking at an exhibition of artifacts about Virginia regional history](/sites/default/files/styles/fp_landscape_768x576/public/2022-05-14_Grand-Reopening-66.jpg.webp?itok=ZPFPxjDd)
This signature exhibition provides an in-depth, multi-sensory journey through the five major regions of Virginia and...