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Twilight at Monticello: The Final Years of Thomas Jefferson By Alan Pell Crawford
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Thomas Jefferson returned to Monticello in 1809 at the end of his second presidential term and died there seventeen years later. In his new book, Alan...
Unlocking Menokin’s Secrets: Archaeological and Landscape Research at a Northern Neck Plantation
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Werowocomoco and Fairfield Plantation: Rediscovering the Forgotten Landscapes of Gloucester County
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On April 2, 2009, David Brown and Thane Harpole delivered this lecture entitled “Werowocomoco and Fairfield Plantation: Rediscovering the Forgotten...
What Caused the Civil War
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This video looks at the question "What Caused the Civil War." The video specifically looks at differences between the North and South and the outbreak...
Who Looks at Lee Must Think of Washington By Robert Tilton
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In his 1866 poem, “Lee in the Capitol,” Herman Melville portrays a dignified Robert E. Lee advocating reconciliation before the Congressional...
Who was Pocahontas?
Why Did the Civil War Happen?
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Why Washington Burned and How the President Survived: James Madison and the War of 1812
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On March 7, 2013, Jeff Broadwater delivered a Banner Lecture entitled "Why Washington Burned and How the President Survived: James Madison and the War...
Winslow Homer's Virginia
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On April 18, 2013, Elizabeth O'Leary delivered a Banner Lecture entitled "Winslow Homer's Virginia."
When his paintings were exhibited in 1866...
Year of Meteors: Stephen Douglas, Abraham Lincoln, and the Election that Brought on the Civil War
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On March 24, 2011, Douglas R. Egerton delivered a Banner Lecture entitled "Year of Meteors: Stephen Douglas, Abraham Lincoln, and the Election that...