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"Hidden Figure" of GPS (Commonwealth Classroom)
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In this virtual event on February 19, 2021, VMHC Curator Karen Sherry led audiences in a conversation with Dr. Gladys West. Dr. West, a Dinwiddie...
"That part of America, now called Virginia"
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#RVAHistoryHunt
16,000 BCE to 1622 CE
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1619: Jamestown and the Forging of American Democracy
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On October 17, 2018, James Horn delivered the J. Harvie Wilkinson, Jr. Lecture, “1619: Jamestown and the Forging of American Democracy.”
Along the...
1623 to 1763
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1764 to 1824
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1825 to 1860
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1861 to 1876
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1861: The Civil War Awakening By Adam Goodheart
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With his new book, 1861: The Civil War Awakening, Adam Goodheart revisits the most turbulent and consequential year in American history. In the hands...
1877 to 1924
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1925 to Today
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2009 Stuart G. Christian, Jr., Lecture: "Jefferson in Perspective" By Daniel P. Jordan
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On May 21, 2009, Daniel P. Jordan delivered the 2009 Stuart G. Christian, Jr., lecture entitled “Jefferson in Perspective.”
Daniel P. Jordan retired...
2018 Spring Garden Party - Member Tickets
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2020 Commemoration
2022 Virginia History Day Topic Ideas
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2023 Hazel and Fulton Chauncey Lecture - The Jeffersonians
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On July 19, 2023, historian and bestselling author, Kevin R. C. Gutzman, presented the 2023 Hazel and Fulton Chauncey Lecture. Before the consecutive...