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Tiny Tomes
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Transportation in Virginia
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Turning Fact into Fiction: Writing Fiction about the Richmond Theater Fire
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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...
Urbanization in Virginia
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Victory Gardens
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Virginia and Presidential Politics
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Virginia Landscapes: Sublime & Picturesque
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Virginia's Colonial Dynasties
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Virginia’s Sweet History – Chocolate-Making in the Commonwealth
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VIRTUAL LECTURE - Escape to the City: Fugitive Slaves in Antebellum Richmond
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On September 21, 2023, Viola Franziska MĂĽller gave a virtual-only lecture about her book, Escape to the City: Fugitive Slaves in the Antebellum Urban...
W. E. B. Du Bois and the NAACP
Washington at the Plow: The Founding Farmer and the Question of Slavery
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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’s Marines: The Origins of the Corps and the American Revolution
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On October 24, 2023, Maj. Gen. Jason Q. Bohm, USMC, gave a lecture on the formation of the Marine Corps and its role in the American Revolution. The...
What Made George Washington Tick
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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...
Why is there a West Virginia?
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Why We Need to Talk About James Armistead Lafayette
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Writing the Declaration of Independence, 1776
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Yearbooks
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