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The Civil War
In the spring of 1861, as the still youthful nation moved ever closer to what would become the Civil War, both Robert E. Lee
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The Gardens
Learn more about the gardens at Virginia House.
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The Green Decision of 1968
By 1968, the U.S. Supreme Court had lost patience with the slow pace of school integration. In New Kent County, Virginia
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The House
Virginia House was completed in 1928, and in 1929 it was presented to VHS.
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The Legacy of the Civil Rights Movement
The civil rights movement was a heroic episode in American history. It aimed to give African Americans the same citizenship rights that whites took for granted.
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The Virginia Watercolor Society’s 41st Annual Exhibition
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The VMHC hosted the 41st annual juried exhibition of the Virginia Watercolor Society (VWS) featuring more than 80...
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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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W. E. B. Du Bois and the NAACP
W. E. B. Du Bois was the first black recipient of a Ph.D. from Harvard University. In The Souls of Black Folks, published in
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Waging War - The Battlefront
The easiest way to defeat the secessionist movement seemed to be to capture Richmond, the seat of the Confederate government