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Native Southerners: The Indigenous People Who Made and Remade the South
On May 9, 2019, Gregory D. Smithers delivered the Banner Lecture, “Native Southerners: The Indigenous People Who Made and Remade the South.”
Long...
Ocracoke: The Pearl of the Outer Banks
On August 8, 2013, Ray McAllister delivered a Banner Lecture entitled "Ocracoke: The Pearl of the Outer Banks."
The Outer Banks have enticed...
Oh, Shenandoah
Oh, Shenandoah Traveling Exhibition
Olaudah Equiano
On Dueling
One Nation Under Debt by Robert E. Wright
On September 4, 2008, Robert E. Wright delivered a Banner Lecture on his book, Virginia: Catalyst of Commerce for Four Centuries. The United States...
Oysters in Virginia
Patrick Henry: Champion of Liberty
On August 24, 2017, Jon Kukla delivered a Banner Lecture entitled “Patrick Henry: Champion of Liberty.”
Patrick Henry is remembered today mostly for...
Perspectives on American Democracy
As part of The Richmond Times-Dispatch's live election night coverage of the 2022 mid-terms, Matt Pochily explored the American Democracy: A Great...
Prestwould: Gracious Living on the American Frontier, 1790-1830 by Julia Hudson
On October 1, 2009, Julian Hudson delivered a lecture entitled “Prestwould: Gracious Living on the American Frontier, 1790-1830.”
Prestwould...
Reclamation: How a Monticello Descendant Uncovered and Restored Her Family’s Heritage
Join Gayle Jessup White, author of Reclamation: Sally Hemings, Thomas Jefferson, and a Descendant’s Search for Her Family’s Lasting Legacy, as she...
Richmond and the American Dream: Revolution and Reality
On February 4 at noon, the Rev. Benjamin P. Campbell delivered a Banner Lecture entitled “Richmond and the American Dream: Revolution and Reality.”
T...
Scottish Stone Masons and Virginia Stone
On June 5, 2019, Stewart McLaurin delivered the Banner Lecture, “Scottish Stone Masons and Virginia Stone.”
In the 1790s, the stone harvested from...
Secrets & Symbols: Desk by John Shearer
Desk, 1817
John Shearer (about 1760–after 1818)
VMHC Collection, Gift of The Children of Louis and Harriett Waldrop
John Shearer, a Scottish immigrant...
Shaving Kits
Shockoe Hill Cemetery: A Richmond Landmark's History
On December 7, 2017, Alyson Lindsey Taylor-White delivered a Banner Lecture entitled “Shockoe Hill Cemetery: A Richmond Landmark's History.”
I...
Silver in Virginia
Sites and Stories: African American History in Virginia
On February 14, 2008, Lauranett Lee spoke about “Sites and Stories: African American History in Virginia.”
Historic highway markers are beloved...
Skeletons on the Zahara by Dean King
On January 24, 2008, Dean King delivered this Banner Lecture. In 1815 the American sailing ship Commerce ran aground on the northwestern shore of...