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The History of Virginia's Natural Bridge: "So Beautiful an Arch"
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In the late eighteenth century, when Thomas Jefferson “discovered” Natural Bridge and purchased it from the King of...
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The Kline Kar
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James Allen Kline was born near Siddonsburg, Pennsylvania, on May 20, 1874. At the age of 18, Kline began an...
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The Media General Papers and Thomas Jefferson's Letters
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Richmond-based Media General and its predecessors were led and grown by four generations of the Bryan family.
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The Peaceful Transfer of Power: Oaths and Inaugurations
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The Richmond Home for Ladies
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The Richmond Home for Ladies was an elderly care facility for women established in 1883, and still operates today as...
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The Twentieth Century: Cities, Cars, and Civil Rights
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Technological revolutions, increased urbanization, and advances in civil rights created the commonwealth we know today.
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Thomas Jefferson and the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom
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Jefferson sent a paper to the Virginia Convention of 1774, later published as A Summary View of the Rights of British...
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Thomas Jefferson’s 1774 Summary View of the Rights of British America
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The importance of Summary View is proven by the reappearance in the Declaration of most of its ideas, beginning with...
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Tiny Tomes
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Defined as no more than three inches in height or width, miniature books were first produced with convenience in mind...
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Tom Molineaux
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Born into enslavement on a Virginia plantation, Tom Molineaux (1784–1818) fought fellow enslaved people while plantation...
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Transportation in Virginia
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Transportation began to change early in the nineteenth century with the introduction of steam power and the development...
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Urbanization in Virginia
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Learn about the process of urbanization in Virginia.
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Valentines
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February 14 has a long history as a day for friends and sweethearts to exchange tokens of affection. By the end of the...
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Victory Gardens
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First promoted during World War I, war gardening, or victory gardens, provided American citizens an opportunity to...
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Virginia and Presidential Politics
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Soon after the Revolutionary War, American leaders realized that they differed in their visions of what the nation...
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Virginia Landscapes: Sublime & Picturesque
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Thomas Jefferson wrote that Natural Bridge is “the most sublime of nature’s works”: “It is impossible for the emotions...
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Virginia Survivors of the Titanic
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On the starry night of April 14, 1912, halfway through its maiden voyage from Southampton, England, to New York, RMS...
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Virginia's Constitution
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The delegates who gathered in convention in Richmond in 1901 to rewrite Virginia’s Constitution had no doubt about why...
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Virginia’s Star Political Cartoonists
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Virginia has been home to many well-known politicians and artists, but it can also lay claim to several prominent...
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Virginia’s Sweet History – Chocolate-Making in the Commonwealth
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Production methods and flavorings have changed in the 4,000 years since chocolate was consumption began, but it remains...