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Native Southerners: The Indigenous People Who Made and Remade the South
On May 9, 2019, Gregory D. Smithers delivered the Banner Lecture, “Native Southerners: The Indigenous People Who Made and Remade the South.”
Long...
Ocracoke: The Pearl of the Outer Banks
On August 8, 2013, Ray McAllister delivered a Banner Lecture entitled "Ocracoke: The Pearl of the Outer Banks."
The Outer Banks have enticed...
Oh, Shenandoah
Oysters in Virginia
Political Decline and Westward Migration
Reading the Man: A Portrait of Robert E. Lee Through his Private Letters by Elizabeth Brown Pryor
On May 24, 2007, Ms. Pryor delivered this lecture on her book, Reading the Man: A Portrait of Robert E. Lee Through his Private Letters.
Since his...
Rebellious Passage: The Creole Revolt and America's Coastal Slave Trade
On March 18, 2021, Jeffrey R. Kerr-Ritchie presented the Banner Lecture "Rebellious Passage" about the first comprehensive history of the ship revolt...
Robert Edward Lee
Robert Knox Sneden Chronology
Scottish Stone Masons and Virginia Stone
On June 5, 2019, Stewart McLaurin delivered the Banner Lecture, “Scottish Stone Masons and Virginia Stone.”
In the 1790s, the stone harvested from...
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...
Secrets & Symbols: Cooler by George Fulton
Cooler for water or beer, 1856
George N. Fulton (1834–1894) for David Parr’s Pottery, Richmond, Virginia
On long-term loan from The Greenbrier, White...
Secrets & Symbols: Desk by John Shearer
Desk, 1817
John Shearer (about 1760–after 1818)
VMHC Collection, Gift of The Children of Louis and Harriett Waldrop
John Shearer, a Scottish immigrant...
Shockoe Hill Cemetery: A Richmond Landmark's History
On December 7, 2017, Alyson Lindsey Taylor-White delivered a Banner Lecture entitled “Shockoe Hill Cemetery: A Richmond Landmark's History.”
I...
Slavery
Surrender of the English Army at Yorktown
Surviving Southampton: Finding Women in Nat Turner’s Community
On June 24, 2021, historian Vanessa Holden delivered a Banner Lecture about her new book about how women contributed to America’s most famous slave...
The Blood of Legends: Crockett, Bowie, Travis, and the Alamo (Chauncey Lecture 2016)
On May 10, 2016, William C. Davis delivered the Hazel and Fulton Chauncey Lecture, entitled "The Blood of Legends: Crockett, Bowie, Travis, and the...
The British Are Coming: The War for America, Lexington to Princeton, 1775–1777
On October 23, 2019, Rick Atkinson delivered the J. Harvie Wilkinson, Jr. Lecture entitled “The British Are Coming: The War for America, Lexington to...