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1861: The Civil War Awakening By Adam Goodheart
With his new book, 1861: The Civil War Awakening, Adam Goodheart revisits the most turbulent and consequential year in American history. In the hands...
2009 Stuart G. Christian, Jr., Lecture: "Jefferson in Perspective" By Daniel P. Jordan
On May 21, 2009, Daniel P. Jordan delivered the 2009 Stuart G. Christian, Jr., lecture entitled “Jefferson in Perspective.”
Daniel P. Jordan retired...
An African Republic: Black and White Virginians in the Making of Liberia By Marie Tyler-McGraw
On October 28, 2010, Marie Tyler-McGraw discussed her book An African Republic: Black and White Virginians in the Making of Liberia.
The West African...
Dolley Madison: A Documentary by Muffie Meyer
On February 4, 2010, Muffie Meyer delivered a lecture entitled “Dolley Madison: A Documentary.”
In March 2010, the “American Experience” history...
Fellow Travelers on the Road to Black Ned’s Forge by Turk McCleskey
On February 19 at noon, Turk McCleskey delivered a Banner Lecture entitled “Fellow Travelers on the Road to Black Ned’s Forge.”
Edward Tarr, known...
Fighting for America: The Struggle for Mastery in North America, 1519-1871 By Jeremy Black
In his latest book, prize-winning author Jeremy Black traces the competition for control of North America from the landing in 1519 of Spanish troops...
Fighting for Freedom: African Americans and the War of 1812
On Wednesday September 4, Gene Allen Smith delivered a banner lecture entitled “Fighting for Freedom: African Americans and the War of 1812.”
Images...
Flight from Monticello: Thomas Jefferson at War by Michael Kranish
On March 4, 2010, Michael Kranish delivered a lecture on his book, Flight from Monticello: Thomas Jefferson at War. In his new book, Michael Kranish...
Lee at Appomattox by Elizabeth R. Varon (Hazel and Fulton Chauncey Lecture )
Robert E. Lee’s surrender to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Court House evokes a highly gratifying image in the popular mind—it was, many believe, a...
Lee's Last War Winter by William C. Davis
On April 22 at 5:30 p.m., William C. Davis delivered a Banner Lecture entitled “Lee’s Last War Winter.”
Robert E. Lee faced the coming of 1865...
Lincoln and McClellan By John C. Waugh
On May 12, 2011, John C. Waugh delivered a Banner Lecture entitled “Lincoln and McClellan.”
There was no more remarkable yoking of personalities in...
Lincoln: President-Elect By Harold Holzer
In the winter of 1860–61, the crisis that erupted with the election of Abraham Lincoln threatened to split the nation. In his newest Lincoln book, Lin...
"Locating the 1809 Negro Burial Ground" By Dr. Chris Stevenson, VDHR
On Saturday, February 28, 2009, the community was invited to attend a conference about Richmond’s African American history, “Hidden Things Brought to...
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...
Moses Ezekiel: Civil War Soldier, Renowned Sculptor by Keith Gibson
Few sculptors of the nineteenth century were as well known during their lifetimes as Moses Ezekiel, though he is little-known today. The first Jewish...
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...
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...
"Shockoe Valley Topography and the Slave Trade" By Jeffrey Ruggles
On Saturday, February 28, 2009, the community was invited to attend a conference about Richmond’s African American history, “Hidden Things Brought to...
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...