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A Connected Legacy: John Marshall and George Washington

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John Marshall’s inscription inside The Life of George Washington book
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A House Built of Virginia Stone

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Photograph of the Government Island Quarry
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A Life Rediscovered: The Story of Emily Winfree

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An oval portrait in black and white of Emily Winfree
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Abolitionist Pitcher

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Learn about how this pitcher based on Uncle Tom's Cabin was used as propoganda in the mid-1800s.
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Affidavit, 1693

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This affidavit, dated March 22, 1693, is from Warwick County (now Newport News), Virginia. It was submitted to Governor...
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Arthur Ashe Jr.’s Family Tree: Tracing the Blackwell Family to 1735

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See a rare family tree, drawn by hand on canvas, tracing Arthur Ashe, Jr.’s family.
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Bacon's Rebellion in Virginia in the years 1675 & 1676

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Bacon’s Rebellion in Virginia was the first popular uprising in the American colonies. It was long viewed as an early...
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Bacon's Epitaph

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Learn about the first American poem.
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Booker T. Washington

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Learn about Booker T. Washington.
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Brochure, Remember May 17th

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Learn the importance of May 17th in history.
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Care Beyond National and Color Lines: Filipino Nurses in Virginia Across the 20th Century

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Photograph of Araceli Marcial and her cohort during the Chinese General Hospital School of Nursing graduation march
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Céloron Plate

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Learn about the only surviving Céloron plate.
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Changing the Commonwealth with Crayons

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A photograph of Bellen Woodard and her More Than Peach Project.
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Clemenceau Givings Scrapbook (c. 1944)

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Embroidered felt patch, "SPIT FIRE." Circular patch features a black, fire-breathing panther in the center embroidered on a yellow felt field. Blue emboidery is above and below the panther with "SPIT FIRE" embroidered in black on an orange embroidered field at the bottom.
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Clementina Rind

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Colonial Cookbooks

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Colonial cookbooks contained more than just food recipes. They included home remedies for medical problems, as well as...
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Colored Knights of Pythias Helmet (c. 1890)

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Commencement

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Learn more about items related to commencement exercises in the VHS collections.
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Cookbooks (Advertising)

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Today's cook has many ways of finding a recipe—cookbooks, magazines, web sites. But not that long ago, cookbooks were...
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Dolley Madison

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Dolley (Payne) Todd Madison (1768–1849) lived through three wars, knew eleven presidents, and was a gracious and...