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Un/Bound: Free Black Virginians, 1619-1865 Traveling Exhibition
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Up from History: The Life of Booker T. Washington By Robert J. Norrell
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In his compelling new biography, the first full-length life of Booker T. Washington in a generation, Robert J. Norrell recreates the broad context in...
Urbanization in Virginia
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Violins of Hope
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Virginia and Presidential Politics
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Virginia Gay Lesbian Bisexual Community Center Flag
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Virginia House
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Virginia’s Lost Appalachian Trail
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On August 3, 2023, Mills Kelly gave a lecture about his book, Virginia’s Lost Appalachian Trail. For over two decades, hikers on the Appalachian Trail...
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...
VMHC Education | Games of the Past: Paper Dolls
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In this edition of Games of the Past, we're talking about Paper Dolls! This video gives a brief history of paper dolls and shows you how to make your...
Voting Rights
W. E. B. Du Bois and the NAACP
War and Pieces: Quilts through America's War Years
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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
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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...
Who was Oliver Hill?
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Why We Need to Talk About James Armistead Lafayette
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Women in Virginia
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Writing the Declaration of Independence, 1776
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