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The Portent: John Brown's Raid in American Memory By William M. S. Rasmussen
On October 15, 2009, William M. S. Rasmussen delivered a lecture in conjunction with the exhibition, The Portent: John Brown’s Raid in American...
The Rarefied Life of George Washington Parke Custis
George Washington Parke Custis was raised at Mount Vernon by George and Martha Washington. Young “Wash” appears in Edward Savage's 1789 painting of...
The Resurrection of Henry "Box" Brown
The Strange Genius of Mr. O: The World of the United States’ First Forgotten Celebrity
On July 15, 2021, historian Carolyn Eastman delivered a Banner Lecture examining the career of James Ogilvie, a now-forgotten celebrity of the very...
Thomas Jefferson and the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom
Tiny Tomes
Tom Molineaux
Travels with George: In Search of Washington and His Legacy (Wilkinson Lecture 2021)
On October 20, 2021, bestselling author Nathaniel Philbrick delivered the 2021 J. Harvie Wilkinson, Jr. Lecture based on his newest book, Travels with...
Turning Fact into Fiction: Writing Fiction about the Richmond Theater Fire
On May 11, 2023, Rachel Beanland gave a lecture on the historical research behind her novel about the Richmond Theater Fire, The House is On Fire...
Un/Bound: Free Black Virginians, 1619-1865 Traveling Exhibition
Virginia Landscapes: Sublime & Picturesque
Virginia Waterways and the Underground Railroad
Enslaved Virginians sought freedom from the time they were first brought to the Jamestown colony in 1619. Acts of self-emancipation were aided by...
Virginia's Colonial Dynasties
Virginia’s Sweet History – Chocolate-Making in the Commonwealth
VIRTUAL LECTURE - Escape to the City: Fugitive Slaves in Antebellum Richmond
On September 21, 2023, Viola Franziska Müller gave a virtual-only lecture about her book, Escape to the City: Fugitive Slaves in the Antebellum Urban...
War and Pieces: Quilts through America's War Years
On Thursday, August 22, Neva Hart delivered a banner lecture entitled "War and Pieces: Quilts through America's War Years."
For soldiers in the field...
Washington at the Plow: The Founding Farmer and the Question of Slavery
On December 9, 2021, historian Bruce A. Ragsdale presented a lecture about his book, Washington at the Plow: The Founding Farmer and the Question of...
Washington Traveling Exhibition
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...
What Caused the Civil War
This video looks at the question "What Caused the Civil War." The video specifically looks at differences between the North and South and the outbreak...