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Exhibition
Mending Walls RVA
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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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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...
Portrait Index - Groups
Pacific - Ryland: photographs and portraits of groups
The VMHC maintains an extensive series of photograph files that may contain a combination of original photographs, prints and
Exhibition
Partners in History
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![A photo of an exhibition with a painting and photographs on the gallery walls, and a marching band uniform in a display case](/sites/default/files/styles/fp_landscape_768x576/public/Partners-in-History_0010.jpg.webp?itok=M51Ozemx)
In 2019, the VMHC and the Black History Museum and Cultural Center of Virginia (BHMVA) began a long-term partnership to...
Article Set - Chapter
Patriot
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Article Set - Chapter
Patriotism on the Home Front
Three-fourths of the wartime organizations in Virginia were women’s groups. These included the YWCA, Equal Suffrage League
Exhibition
PRAISE YOUR MOTHER / AMA A LA MAMÁ – InLight 2020
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![PRAISE YOUR MOTHER / AMA A LA MAMÁ installation The VMHC building at night with PRAISE YOUR MOTHER / AMA A LA MAMÁ neon sign installation](/sites/default/files/styles/fp_landscape_768x576/public/2020-inLight-VMHC_002.jpg.webp?itok=BskM8hO0)
The VMHC was excited to be a host location in November 2020 for the art installation, PRAISE YOUR MOTHER / AMA A LA MAMÁ...
Article Set - Chapter
Raid, Incarceration, and Execution
Although John Brown and his followers easily captured the United States arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia (now West Virginia
Article Set - Chapter
Reconciliation
After Appomattox, Ulysses S. Grant was the savior of the United States, while Robert E. Lee was the greatest hero of the Lost
Article Set - Chapter
Returning Home
The guns of the Western Front fell silent on November 11, 1918. The armistice marked a victory for the Allies, including the
Article Set - Chapter
Rising Black Consciousness
Part of the reasoning cited in the Brown decision was that discrimination greatly diminished Black pupils' self-esteem. As
Article Set - Chapter
Robert Knox Sneden Chronology
1832 June 3 born in Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia, British provinces of America 1851 family moves to New York 1858 earliest