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“Keep It a Holy Thing”: Lee Chapel’s Greatest Challenge
On August 2, 2018, David Cox delivered a banner lecture, “‘Keep It a Holy Thing’: Lee Chapel’s Greatest Challenge.”
The chapel that Robert E. Lee...
Leadership and Decision-Making in the D-Day Invasion (Christian Lecture 2015)
On May 14, Craig L. Symonds delivered the 2015 Stuart G. Christian, Jr. Lecture entitled “Leadership and Decision-Making in the D-Day Invasion.”
On...
“Letters from a Soviet Prison: A Son’s Search for the Truth”
On May 1, 2018, Francis Gary Powers, Jr., presented a Banner Lecture about his book, Letters from a Soviet Prison: A Son’s Search for the Truth. For...
Lost Communities of Virginia
On May 3, 2012, Terri Fisher delivered a lecture entitled "Lost Communities of Virginia."
Virginia's back roads and rural areas are dotted with...
Lost in Shangri-La: A Story of Survival and Rescue during World War II
On April 5, 2012, Mitchell Zuckoff delivered the annual Stuart G. Christian, Jr., Lecture entitled "Lost in Shangri-La: A Story of Survival and Rescue...
Lost in Shangri-La: A Story of Survival and Rescue during World War II By Mitchell Zuckoff
On April 5, 2012, Mitchell Zuckoff delivered the 2012 Stuart G. Christian, Jr., Lecture entitled Lost in Shangri-La: A Story of Survival and Rescue...
Managing the Mountains: Land Use Planning, the New Deal, and the Creation of the Federal Landscape in Appalachia
On March 16, 2012, Sara M. Gregg delivered a lecture entitled "Managing the Mountains: Land Use Planning, the New Deal, and the Creation of the...
Mapping Virginia: Pictures of a Moving Place, 1587–1783 by William C. Wooldridge
On December 5, William C. Wooldridge delivered a Banner Lecture entitled "Mapping Virginia: Pictures of a Moving Place, 1587-1783."
Drawing from...
Mapping Virginia: Pictures of a Moving Place, 1587–1783 by William C. Wooldridge
On December 5, William C. Wooldridge delivered a Banner Lecture entitled “Mapping Virginia: Pictures of a Moving Place, 1587-1783.”
Drawing from...
Memories of World War II By Brig. Gen. John W. Mountcastle (USA, Ret.)
On July 22, 2010, Jack Mountcastle discussed photos from the temporary exhibition Memories of World War II: Photographs from the Archives of The...
Message, Money, and Management: A Roundtable Discussion on the Future of the Chesapeake Bay.
On March 16, 2012, the Hon. Gerald Baliles, Ann F. Jennings, Gerald P. McCarthy, and Hon. W. Tayloe Murphy, Jr., participated in a roundtable...
Murals of Richmond Artist Panel
Over the past decade, Richmond has seen an explosion of public artwork. Artist, muralist, and writer Mickael Broth has documented this phenomenon in...
Navigating Native Land and Water in the Seventeenth-Century Chesapeake
On November 30, 2023, historian Jessica Taylor discussed the subject of her new book, Plain Paths and Dividing Lines: Navigating Native Land and Water...
Notes from the Ground: Science, Soil, and Society in the American Countryside
On March 16, 2012, Ben R. Cohen delivered a lecture entitled "Notes from the Ground: Science, Soil, and Society in the American Countryside."
This...
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...
On Hallowed Ground: The Story of Arlington National Cemetery By Robert Poole
On February 18, 2010, Robert Poole delivered a lecture on his book On Hallowed Ground: The Story of Arlington National Cemetery.
In his new book...
On the Back Roads Again: More People, Places, and Pie Around Virginia
On October 20 at noon, Bob Brown and Bill Lohmann delivered a Banner Lecture entitled “On the Back Roads Again: More People, Places, and Pie Around...
Play ball! America’s Doughboys and the National Pastime in the Great War
On August 29, 2019, Alexander F. Barnes delivered the Banner Lecture, “Play ball! America's Doughboys and the National Pastime in the Great War.” In...
Pocahontas – Religion and Faith (Pocahontas Symposium: Session 2)
Few figures from the American past are better known than the young Powhatan woman who has come down to us as “Pocahontas.” Her fame began in her own...
Rampage: MacArthur, Yamashita, and the Battle of Manila
On October 30, 2018, James M. Scott delivered the banner lecture, “Rampage: MacArthur, Yamashita, and the Battle of Manila.”
General Douglas...