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Determined Traveling Exhibition
Dismal Freedom: A History of the Maroons of the Great Dismal Swamp
On February 16, 2023, historian Brent Morris gave a lecture examining the lives of the maroons living in the Great Dismal Swamp and their struggles...
Documents and Drawings: "The Private Jefferson" Examined
On December 10, Susan R. Stein delivered a Banner Lecture called “Documents and Drawings: 'The Private Jefferson' Examined.”
Thomas Jefferson devoted...
Dreams of War and Peace: How Americans Experienced the Civil War in their Sleep
On April 27, 2017, Jonathan W. White delivered a Banner Lecture entitled “Dreams of War and Peace: How Americans Experienced the Civil War in their...
Dugout Canoe
Early Images of Virginia Indians: The William W. Cole Collection
Ends of War: The Unfinished Fight of Lee's Army after Appomattox
On November 11, 2021, historian Caroline E. Janney had a discussion for her new book about Lee’s army after Appomattox.
In her dramatic new history...
Escape!: The Story of the Confederacy's Infamous Libby Prison and the Civil War's Largest Jail Break
On September 2, 2021, historian Robert P. Watson delivered a Banner Lecture about his research and book about the Confederacy’s infamous Libby Prison...
Establishing Religious Freedom: Jefferson’s Statute in Virginia
On July 24 at noon, Thomas E. Buckley delivered a Banner Lecture entitled "Establishing Religious Freedom: Jefferson's Statute in Virginia."
The...
Exploration of the New World
Eye of the Storm: The Civil War Drawings of Robert Knox Sneden
Family of Assassins
On October, 31, David O. Stewart, delivered a banner lecture entitled "Family of Assassins: The Surratts of Maryland."
Everyone knows about John...
Family of Assassins: The Surratts of Maryland
On October, 31, David O. Stewart, delivered a banner lecture entitled “Family of Assassins: The Surratts of Maryland.”
Everyone knows about John...
Fanciful Figures
First House: Two Centuries with Virginia's First Families
On October 10, Mary Miley Theobald, delivered a banner lecture entitled "First House: Two Centuries with Virginia's First Families."
Conceived...
Fitzhugh Family
Fore-edge Painting
Fortune’s Fool: The Life of John Wilkes Booth (Chauncey Lecture 2015)
On June 11, Terry Alford delivered the 2015 Hazel and Fulton Chauncey Lecture, entitled "Fortune’s Fool: The Life of John Wilkes Booth."
With a...
Freedmen's Schools
From Marshall to Moussaoui: Federal Justice in the Eastern District of Virginia
On February 5, 2015, John O. Peters, author of "From Marshall to Moussaoui: Federal Justice in the Eastern District of Virginia," was interviewed by...