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On Dueling
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One Nation Under Debt by Robert E. Wright
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On September 4, 2008, Robert E. Wright delivered a Banner Lecture on his book, Virginia: Catalyst of Commerce for Four Centuries. The United States...
Patrick Henry: Champion of Liberty
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On August 24, 2017, Jon Kukla delivered a Banner Lecture entitled “Patrick Henry: Champion of Liberty.”
Patrick Henry is remembered today mostly for...
Perspectives on American Democracy
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As part of The Richmond Times-Dispatch's live election night coverage of the 2022 mid-terms, Matt Pochily explored the American Democracy: A Great...
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 Remembered… An Ocean Away
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Reclamation: How a Monticello Descendant Uncovered and Restored Her Family’s Heritage
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Join Gayle Jessup White, author of Reclamation: Sally Hemings, Thomas Jefferson, and a Descendant’s Search for Her Family’s Lasting Legacy, as she...
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...
Richmond and the American Dream: Revolution and Reality
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On February 4 at noon, the Rev. Benjamin P. Campbell delivered a Banner Lecture entitled “Richmond and the American Dream: Revolution and Reality.”
T...
Secrets & Symbols: Desk by John Shearer
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Desk, 1817
John Shearer (about 1760–after 1818)
VMHC Collection, Gift of The Children of Louis and Harriett Waldrop
John Shearer, a Scottish immigrant...
Stamp Act Spoon, 1766
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Supreme Injustice: Slavery in the Nation’s Highest Court
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On May 9, 2018, Dr. Paul Finkelman and Dr. Edward L. Ayers engaged in a conversation about Dr. Finkelman’s latest book, “Supreme Injustice: Slavery in...
Surrender of the English Army at Yorktown
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The 1811 Richmond Theater Fire
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The Ascent of George Washington: The Hidden Political Genius of an American Icon by John Ferling
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On May 28, 2009 John Ferling delivered a Banner Lecture entitled “The Ascent of George Washington: The Hidden Political Genius of an American Icon.”
...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 Cabinet: George Washington and the Creation of an American Institution
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On November 26, 1791, after waiting two and a half years into his presidency, George Washington convened his department secretaries―Alexander Hamilton...
The Constitution of Virginia: Defining the Political Community
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In this October 7, 2021, lecture, A. E. Dick Howard discussed the evolution of Virginia’s Constitution from 1776 to the present day.
Virginia’s...
The Dooleys of Richmond: Two Generations of an Irish Immigrant Family in the Old and New South
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On July 13, 2017, at noon, Mary Lynn Bayliss delivered a Banner Lecture entitled “The Dooleys of Richmond: Two Generations of an Irish Immigrant...
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...