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George Washington's America: A Biography Through His Maps
The maps George Washington drew and purchased, from his teens until his death, were always central to his work. Inspired by these remarkable maps...
Great things are expected from the Virginians
Historic Disasters of Richmond
On January 18 at 5:30 p.m., Walter S. Griggs, Jr. delivered a Banner Lecture entitled “Historic Disasters of Richmond.”
Richmond has had its share of...
Horns, Masks, and Women's Dress: How the First Klan Used Costume to Build Domestic Terrorism
On December 8 at noon, Elaine Frantz Parsons delivered a Banner Lecture entitled “Horns, Masks, and Women's Dress: How the First Klan Used Costume to...
Interpreting Historical Images
Invented Scenes for Narratives
J. Harvie Wilkinson, Jr. Lecture: An Evening with Joseph Ellis
Was the American Revolution really a revolution? Was George Washington a great general? Was the American victory a miracle or inevitable?
On July 20th...
Jacob L. "JL" Morewitz
John Chilton letter [page 1]
John Chilton letter [page 2]
John Chilton letter [page 3]
John Randolph Dueling Pistols (c. 1820)
John Smith's "General History of Virginia"
In this video, former VMHC Vice President for Collections E. Lee Shepard discusses John Smith's The Generall Historie of Virginia, New England, and...
Juneteenth
Lee and Grant
Lee and Grant By William M.S. Rasmussen
On November 1, 2007, William M. S. Rasmussen delivered a lecture in conjunction with the exhibition, Lee and Grant.
The two great opposing military...
Life Portrait of Pocahontas
Love and War
Meuse-Argonne, 1918: The Battle That Ended World War I
On September 17, 2009, Edward G. Lengel delivered a lecture on his book Meuse-Argonne, 1918: The Battle That Ended World War I.
After four years of...