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Determined
Determined Traveling Exhibition
Diderot's Encyclopédie
Dolley Madison
Education in Virginia
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...
Founding Frenemies: Hamilton and The Virginians
George Washington Portrait by Charles Peale Polk
George Washington: The Making of a Leader
In this lecture, historian David O. Stewart discusses his new book, George Washington: The Political Rise of America’s Founding Father.
Washington’s...
Glee Clubs
Hampton Institute and Booker T. Washington
Henkel Press
How Imperfect is Our Past? A Conversation with Charles Bryan
On March 15, 2022, Dr. Charles Bryan and VMHC president and CEO Jamie Bosket had a conversation about some of the topics covered in Dr. Bryan’s latest...
"In a Constitutional Way": Patrick Henry, Thomas Jefferson, and the Meaning of a Loyal Opposition
On December 14, 2023, historian John Ragosta gave a lecture on Patrick Henry’s final political battles.
In a democracy, how do you disagree with...
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...
Jamestown, the Truth Revealed (Chauncey Lecture 2017)
On July 19, 2017, Dr. William M. Kelso delivered the Hazel and Fulton Chauncey Lecture entitled “Jamestown, the Truth Revealed.”
What was life really...
Jefferson, Paine, and Monroe: The American Revolution’s Authentic Revolutionaries
On June 26, 2018, Dr. John Ferling delivered a Banner Lecture, “Jefferson, Paine, and Monroe: The American Revolution’s Authentic Revolutionaries.” He...
John Murray, fourth Earl of Dunmore
Juneteenth
“Keep It a Holy Thing”: Lee Chapel’s Greatest Challenge
On August 2, 2018, David Cox delivered a banner lecture, “‘Keep It a Holy Thing’: Lee Chapel’s Greatest Challenge.”
The chapel that Robert E. Lee...