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Richmond in the Midst of the Civil War
Richmond’s part in the early automobile and racing industries
Road Trippin’
Robert E. Lee after the War
Robert E. Lee and Me: A Southerner’s Reckoning with the Myth of the Lost Cause
On May 5, 2021, Ty Seidule showcased why some of this country’s oldest wounds have never healed.
In a forceful but humane narrative, former soldier...
Robert E. Lee: Lessons in Leadership by Noah Andre Trudeau
On January 28, 2010, Noah Andre Trudeau delivered a lecture on his book Robert E. Lee. Almost 150 years after the fact, Robert E. Lee remains a...
Robert Edward Lee
Robert Knox Sneden Chronology
Robert Knox Sneden's Dispatch Case
Round Robins of the Pollard Family
Scandal in Virginia
Searching for Black Confederates: The Civil War’s Most Persistent Myth
On October 1, 2019, Kevin M. Levin delivered a Banner Lecture entitled, “Searching for Black Confederates: The Civil War’s Most Persistent Myth.”
Mor...
Searching for Stonewall Jackson
On January 30, 2020, Ben Cleary delivered the Banner Lecture, "Searching for Stonewall Jackson: A Quest for Legacy in a Divided America."
Thomas...
Secretariat By Kate Chenery Tweedy
Secretariat, the great red stallion who became the 1973 Triple Crown winner, was born on March 30, 1970, at The Meadow, a historic farm in Caroline...
Secretariat: Virginia’s Superhorse
Shaving Kits
Six Encounters with Lincoln: A President Confronts Democracy and Its Demons
On February 22, Beverly Louise Brown delivered a Banner Lecture entitled “Six Encounters with Lincoln: A President Confronts Democracy and Its Demons...
Slave Auction Painting: Analyzing Primary Sources
In this video, a VMHC Educator analyzes the painting Slave Auction, Virginia, by LeFevre Cranstone.
So Ends This Day: An Illustrated Update on the Life and Times of the Monitor, from 1861 to yesterday By Anna Holloway
Although the Union ironclad Monitor may have ended her working career in a gale off Cape Hatteras in December 1862, her story does not end there...
Soldier of Destiny: Slavery, Secession, and the Redemption of Ulysses S. Grant
On January 11, 2024, historian John Reeves gave a lecture on the rise of Ulysses S. Grant during an extraordinary decade.
Captain Ulysses S. Grant, an...