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What Made George Washington Tick
George Washington very much wanted to be famous. Yet, he did not wish to be known, and there is a remoteness about him that will perhaps always remain...
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Why Did the Civil War Happen?
"Why Did the Civil War Happen?" is the subject of the introductory video for the VHS blockbuster show, An American Turning Point: The Civil War in Virginia.
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William Cabell Rives: A Country to Serve
On September 3 at noon, Barclay Rives delivered a Banner Lecture entitled “William Cabell Rives: A Country to Serve.”
Defying the president and...
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Year of Meteors: Stephen Douglas, Abraham Lincoln, and the Election that Brought on the Civil War
On March 24, 2011, Douglas R. Egerton delivered a Banner Lecture entitled "Year of Meteors: Stephen Douglas, Abraham Lincoln, and the Election that...