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A Beardless Boy of Seventeen Years

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Even before Aristophanes wrote of Lysistrata’s plan to end the Peloponnesian War (431–404 BCE) by convincing the women...

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A Connected Legacy: John Marshall and George Washington

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Both the first object acquired by the Virginia Historical Society and arguably one of the best objects in the VMHC...

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A House Built of Virginia Stone

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Approximately forty miles south of Washington, D.C., the Aquia sandstone quarry on Government Island sits quietly in the...

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A Post-WWII Mother's Day Card

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On June 25, 1944, from an Army Air Force base in Cerignola, Italy, 2d Lt. Harold Leazer penned a letter to his mother in...

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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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Birthday Songs for George Washington

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Though you might not expect it, 1932 was a big year for George Washington. It marked the 200th anniversary of Washington...

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Care Beyond National and Color Lines: Filipino Nurses in Virginia Across the 20th Century

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As of Winter 2021, Virginia remains among the top ten states for largest Filipino American populations, and by no...

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Céloron Plate

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One of the most important artifacts to survive from Virginia’s colonial period, this lead plaque was placed at the...

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Clementina Rind

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Clementina Rind was Virginia’s first female printer and newspaper publisher, publishing important official documents for...

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Convict Leasing

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For much of the twentieth century, convicts worked on Virginia’s roads. This practice grew out of the convict lease...

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Diary of William Gwathmey, 1859

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On October 16, 1859, John Brown led eighteen followers in a raid on the federal arsenal and armory at Harpers Ferry...

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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...

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Duck and Cover: Civil Defense in Virginia in the 1950s

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The future looked uncertain in the Atomic Age, and there was growing tension between America and the Soviet Union. See...

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Elizabeth I

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Elizabeth I (1533–1603), queen of England, never married and was known as the virgin queen. The first English attempts...

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Equal Suffrage League of Virginia

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Learn about how the Equal Suffrage League of Virginia helped women gain the right to vote.

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Flag Day

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Although it is not a national holiday, in 1916 President Woodrow Wilson issued a proclamation that officially...

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Fore-edge Painting

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Rarely are books prized as objects of art; often the content of the text, or the plates accompanying the text, are...

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Founding Frenemies: Hamilton and The Virginians

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This exhibition examined how critically important relationships between Alexander Hamilton and three Virginians shaped...

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Freedmen's Schools

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In the antebellum South, African Americans were generally prevented from receiving education. After Appomattox...