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Today’s Agents of Change with the Virginia Museum of History & Culture
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In honor of the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment in the United States granting women the right to vote, the Commonwealth of...
Today’s Agents of Change: Recreating an Iconic Women’s Suffrage Photo
Victory Gardens
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Virginia Landscapes: Sublime & Picturesque
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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 Müller 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
War Stories: Commemorating the Centennial of World War I
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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 Traveling Exhibition
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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 So Proudly We Hailed: Francis Scott Key, A Life
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On July 2 at noon, Marc Leepson delivered a Banner Lecture entitled “What So Proudly We Hailed: Francis Scott Key, A Life.”
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Why Washington Burned and How the President Survived: James Madison and the War of 1812
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On March 7, 2013, Jeff Broadwater delivered a Banner Lecture entitled "Why Washington Burned and How the President Survived: James Madison and the War...
Why We Need to Talk About James Armistead Lafayette
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WW1 America Curator Talk with Brian Horrigan
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On February 15, 2018, Brian Horrigan spoke at the Virginia Museum of History & Culture about the exhibition WW1 America during the exhibition's Member...
WWI Military Toys
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