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Love and War
Mending Walls RVA
Midnight Rising: John Brown and the Raid That Sparked the Civil War
On November 16, 2011, Tony Horwitz delivered the Alexander W. Weddell Trustees lecture entitled "Midnight Rising: John Brown and the Raid That Sparked...
Murals Inspired by the Story of Virginia
On Dueling
On Hallowed Ground: The Story of Arlington National Cemetery By Robert Poole
On February 18, 2010, Robert Poole delivered a lecture on his book On Hallowed Ground: The Story of Arlington National Cemetery.
In his new book...
Online Resources
Prestwould: Gracious Living on the American Frontier, 1790-1830 by Julia Hudson
On October 1, 2009, Julian Hudson delivered a lecture entitled “Prestwould: Gracious Living on the American Frontier, 1790-1830.”
Prestwould...
Reading the Man: A Portrait of Robert E. Lee Through his Private Letters by Elizabeth Brown Pryor
On May 24, 2007, Ms. Pryor delivered this lecture on her book, Reading the Man: A Portrait of Robert E. Lee Through his Private Letters.
Since his...
Reclamation: How a Monticello Descendant Uncovered and Restored Her Family’s Heritage
Join Gayle Jessup White, author of Reclamation: Sally Hemings, Thomas Jefferson, and a Descendant’s Search for Her Family’s Lasting Legacy, as she...
Reconciliation
Retired Wake Forest University Law Professor Beth Hopkins on civil rights pioneer Daisy Bates
This recording is of a past program by the John Marshall Center for Constitutional History & Civics, as part of a series featuring constitutional...
Richmond’s Gilded Age: The Grit Behind the Glitz
On November 2, 2017, Brian Burns delivered a Banner Lecture entitled “Richmond’s Gilded Age: The Grit Behind the Glitz.”
In the aftermath of the...
Ripped from the Headlines
Road Trippin’
Robert E. Lee and Me: A Southerner’s Reckoning with the Myth of the Lost Cause
On May 5, 2021, Ty Seidule showcased why some of this country’s oldest wounds have never healed.
In a forceful but humane narrative, former soldier...