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Virginia Landscapes: Sublime & Picturesque
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Thomas Jefferson wrote that Natural Bridge is “the most sublime of nature’s works”: “It is impossible for the emotions...
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Virginia’s Sweet History – Chocolate-Making in the Commonwealth
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Production methods and flavorings have changed in the 4,000 years since chocolate was consumption began, but it remains...
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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...
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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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What Made George Washington Tick
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...
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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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Writing the Declaration of Independence, 1776
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Learn about Thomas Jefferson and his role in writing the Declaration of Independence.