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Werowocomoco and Fairfield Plantation: Rediscovering the Forgotten Landscapes of Gloucester County
On April 2, 2009, David Brown and Thane Harpole delivered this lecture entitled “Werowocomoco and Fairfield Plantation: Rediscovering the Forgotten...
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What Made George Washington Tick
George Washington very much wanted to be famous. Yet, he did not wish to be known, and there is a remoteness about him that will perhaps always remain...
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Who was Oliver Hill?
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The VMHC has a group of items that belonged to Oliver W. Hill, Sr., a prominent Richmond civil rights attorney, donated...
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Women in Virginia
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Learn about how women in the early 20th century lived in Virginia.
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World War II Stamp Corsage (c. 1942)
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During World War II, Clair Bugg of Farmville became a kind of walking advertisement for the war effort: She wore this...