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Venues for Meetings & Educational Events
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Book one of our spaces for your next meeting or gathering!
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VHD Online Research Resources
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VHS/VMHC Chairs and Presidents
Chairperson of the Board of Trustees (the title changed from Presidents of the Virginia Historical Society after 2001)...
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Victory Gardens
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First promoted during World War I, war gardening, or victory gardens, provided American citizens an opportunity to...
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Violins of Hope
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Violins of Hope features a selection of seven violins from a collection of more than sixty that survived the Holocaust...
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Violins of Hope Exhibit Brings Voices of Redemption to RVA
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Virginia & the Vietnam War
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On the 50th anniversary of the fall of Saigon, this display will invite guests to immerse themselves in the choices...
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Virginia & the Vietnam War Traveling Exhibition
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Virginia and Presidential Politics
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Soon after the Revolutionary War, American leaders realized that they differed in their visions of what the nation...
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Virginia and the Planter Class
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Governor William Berkeley set out to imitate the society of inequality of wealth and education that he knew in England.
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Virginia and the westward movement
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Discover what life was like during the Westward Movement using replica artifacts in your classroom.
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Virginia and Women’s Suffrage
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Despite the socio-political changes that occurred during Reconstruction, women at the dawn of the twentieth century...
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Virginia and Women's Suffrage
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Virginia at the turn of the twentieth century: Teaching with photographs
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Explore early photographs in your classroom and discover what life was like in Virginia during the early 1900s.
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Virginia Company of London
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The plan to colonize Virginia began in 1606 when a group of merchants formed the Virginia Company of London. James I...
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‘Virginia Distilled’ Annual Spirits Festival Returns to the Virginia Museum of History & Culture
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Virginia Environmental Endowment: Leadership, Leverage, and Legacy
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On Thursday October 7, 2010, Gerald P. McCarthy discussed the Virginia Environmental Endowment. Since its inception in 1977, Virginia Environmental...