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Pocahontas – Legacy, Myths, Realities and Relevance (Pocahontas Symposium: Session 3)
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Few figures from the American past are better known than the young Powhatan woman who has come down to us as “Pocahontas.” Her fame began in her own...
Pocahontas – Religion and Faith (Pocahontas Symposium: Session 2)
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Few figures from the American past are better known than the young Powhatan woman who has come down to us as “Pocahontas.” Her fame began in her own...
Pocahontas and the Powhatan Nation
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Pocahontas Remembered… An Ocean Away
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Recovering History, Reclaiming the Present: The Apalachee Diaspora since the 16th Century
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On April 7, 2022, Kimberly C. Borchard presented a lecture about the 500-year-old myth of Appalachian gold and its catastrophic consequences for the...
Skeletons on the Zahara by Dean King
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On January 24, 2008, Dean King delivered this Banner Lecture. In 1815 the American sailing ship Commerce ran aground on the northwestern shore of...
Surrender of the English Army at Yorktown
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The Abduction of Pocahontas
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The British Are Coming: The War for America, Lexington to Princeton, 1775–1777
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On October 23, 2019, Rick Atkinson delivered the J. Harvie Wilkinson, Jr. Lecture entitled “The British Are Coming: The War for America, Lexington to...
The Cherokee Diaspora: A History of Migration, Survival, and Pride
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On December 3, 2015, Gregory D. Smithers delivered a Banner Lecture entitled "The Cherokee Diaspora: A History of Migration, Survival, and Pride."
Ac...
The Death of Pocahontas
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In this video Digital Outreach Educator, Rachel, discusses the death of Pocahontas in the Virginia Museum of History & Culture's long-term exhibition...
The First Thanksgiving
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On October 13, 2011, Graham Woodlief and Barbara Ramos delivered their lecture entitled "The First Thanksgiving."
Because of what they learned in...
The Great Chief Opechancanough and the War for America (Christian Lecture 2022)
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Historian James Horn delivered the 2022 Stuart G. Christian, Jr. Lecture on the subject of his newest book, A Brave and Cunning Prince: The Great...
The Great Upheaval: America and the Birth of the Modern World, 1788–1800 By Jay Winik
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On April 16, 2008, Jay Winik delivered a lecture entitled “The Great Upheaval: America and the Birth of the Modern World, 1788–1800.” As the 1790s...
The Greatest Fury: The Battle of New Orleans and the Rebirth of America
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On July 21,2021, historian William C. Davis delivered the 2021 Hazel and Fulton Chauncey Lecture entitled “The Greatest Fury: The Battle of New...
The History Crisis in America: Myth and Reality
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On July 9 at noon, Charles F. Bryan, Jr., delivered a Banner Lecture entitled "The History Crisis in America: Myth and Reality."
History occupies a...
The History of Virginia's Natural Bridge: "So Beautiful an Arch"
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The Internal Enemy: Slavery and War in Virginia, 1772-1832
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On April 17, 2014 Alan Taylor delivered a Banner Lecture entitled "The Internal Enemy: Slavery and War in Virginia, 1772-1832."
In 1813, British...
The Lost Colony was Never Lost!
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On January 14, 2021, author and historian Scott Dawson delivered a lecture about the true history of the Lost Colony. Scott Dawson has participated in...
The Men Who Lost America: British Leadership, the American Revolution, and the Fate of the Empire
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On May 22 at noon, Andrew O’Shaughnessy delivered a Banner Lecture entitled "The Men Who Lost America: British Leadership, the American Revolution...