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Who Looks at Lee Must Think of Washington By Robert Tilton
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In his 1866 poem, “Lee in the Capitol,” Herman Melville portrays a dignified Robert E. Lee advocating reconciliation before the Congressional...
Who Was American?
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Why Did the Civil War Happen?
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Why is there a West Virginia?
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Why Richmond?
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William Cabell Rives: A Country to Serve
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On September 3 at noon, Barclay Rives delivered a Banner Lecture entitled “William Cabell Rives: A Country to Serve.”
Defying the president and...
Without Precedent: The Invention of Chief Justice John Marshall
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As a statesman, diplomat, secretary of state, and chief justice, no one in the founding generation had a more enduring impact on our country’s...
Woodrow Wilson
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Year of Meteors: Stephen Douglas, Abraham Lincoln, and the Election that Brought on the Civil War
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On March 24, 2011, Douglas R. Egerton delivered a Banner Lecture entitled "Year of Meteors: Stephen Douglas, Abraham Lincoln, and the Election that...