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"Locating the 1809 Negro Burial Ground" By Dr. Chris Stevenson, VDHR
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On Saturday, February 28, 2009, the community was invited to attend a conference about Richmond’s African American history, “Hidden Things Brought to...
"Shockoe Valley Topography and the Slave Trade" By Jeffrey Ruggles
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On Saturday, February 28, 2009, the community was invited to attend a conference about Richmond’s African American history, “Hidden Things Brought to...
"That part of America, now called Virginia"
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“A Perfect Hell of Blood”: The Battle of the Crater
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On August 23, 2018, A. Wilson Greene delivered a banner lecture, “‘A Perfect Hell of Blood’: The Battle of the Crater.”
Although the Petersburg...
“Matthew Fontaine Maury: The Last Crusade,” by John Grady
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On January 21 at noon, John Grady delivered a Banner Lecture entitled “Matthew Fontaine Maury: The Last Crusade.”
When Matthew Fontaine Maury was...
1861: The Civil War Awakening By Adam Goodheart
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With his new book, 1861: The Civil War Awakening, Adam Goodheart revisits the most turbulent and consequential year in American history. In the hands...
A Beardless Boy of Seventeen Years
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A Fire in the Wilderness: The First Battle Between Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee
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On August 19, 2021, historian John Reeves discussed the Battle of the Wilderness, the first clash between Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee.
John...
A Gunner in Lee's Army: The Civil War Letters of Thomas Henry Carter
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On December 4, 2014, at noon, Graham Dozier delivered a Banner Lecture entitled "A Gunner in Lee's Army: The Civil War Letters of Thomas Henry"
In...
A House Built of Virginia Stone
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A Landscape Saved: The Garden Club of Virginia at 100
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A New Virginia
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A Ninety Day War?
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A Spoon That Got Around...
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Across Time: Robinson House, Its Land and People
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On February 28, 2019, Elizabeth L. O’Leary delivered the Banner Lecture, “Across Time: Robinson House, Its Land and People.”
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Aftermath (An American Turning Point: The Civil War in Virginia)
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Airship ROMA: A Forgotten Tragedy
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On February 9, Nancy E. Sheppard delivered a Banner Lecture entitled “Airship ROMA: A Forgotten Tragedy.”
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Ambler and the Jeannette
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An American Turning Point: The Civil War in Virginia
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