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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...
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West Virginia v. EPA
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How has America wrestled with the debate over regulation versus growth of industry, and how does the Supreme Court’s...
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Who was Oliver Hill?
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The VMHC has a group of items that belonged to Oliver W. Hill, Sr., a prominent Richmond civil rights attorney, donated...
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Why We Need to Talk About James Armistead Lafayette
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James Armistead Lafayette was an enslaved man who, during the American Revolution, volunteered to join the Continental...
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Women in Virginia
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Learn about how women in the early 20th century lived in Virginia.
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World War II Stamp Corsage (c. 1942)
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During World War II, Clair Bugg of Farmville became a kind of walking advertisement for the war effort: She wore this...