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From Reel to Real Indians
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On November 20, 2019, the VMHC presented a screening of the award-winning film Reel Injun (2009, 88 minutes) by Cree-Canadian filmmaker Neil Diamond....
General Lee's Army: From Victory to Collapse by Dr. Glatthaar
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In this lecture, based on his new book General Lee’s Army, Dr. Glatthaar used the story of Robert E. Lee’s army as a powerful lens for viewing the...
General Orders No. 61
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George Thomas: Virginian for the Union By Christopher Einolf
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Most southern-born army officers resigned their commissions to join the Confederacy in 1861. But a substantial minority remained loyal to the national...
George Washington Portrait by Charles Peale Polk
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George Washington: The Making of a Leader
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In this lecture, historian David O. Stewart discusses his new book, George Washington: The Political Rise of America’s Founding Father.
Washington’s...
Gettysburg’s Southern Front: Opportunity and Failure at Richmond
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On July 6, 2023, author Hampton Newsome delivered a lecture on the little-known United States offensive against Richmond during the Gettysburg...
Glee Clubs
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Good to Great to Gone: The Circuit City Story
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Gordon Family
Grand Avenues: The Story of Pierre Charles L'Enfant, the French Visionary Who Designed Washington, D.C.
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In 1791, George Washington asked Pierre Charles L'Enfant, who had been a French volunteer during the American Revolution, to design a new federal city...
Grant verse Lee: The Wilderness to Petersburg
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The video is from the 2007 Lee and Grant Exhibition at the Virginia Historical Society and looks at Grant versus Lee, the Wilderness to Petersburg.
Hampton Roads Murder and Mayhem: The Darker Side of the Tidewater
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On March 14, 2019, Nancy E. Sheppard delivered the Banner Lecture, “Hampton Roads Murder and Mayhem: The Darker Side of the Tidewater.”
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Henkel Press
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Hidden Treasures: A Short History of the Mary Custis Lee Trunks by Lee Shepard
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On April 22, 2010, Lee Shepard delivered a Banner Lecture entitled “Hidden Treasures: A Short History of the Mary Custis Lee Trunks.”
In 2002, two...
Historic Disasters of Richmond
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On January 18 at 5:30 p.m., Walter S. Griggs, Jr. delivered a Banner Lecture entitled “Historic Disasters of Richmond.”
Richmond has had its share of...
Historic Virginia Gardens By Margaret Bemiss & Will Rieley
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For nearly a century, the Garden Club of Virginia has undertaken garden research and preservation work at numerous historic sites across the Old...
History Begins at Home: A Personal Journey By Charles F Bryan, JR
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In this autobiographical lecture, Dr. Bryan reflects on the field of public history as it developed during the course of his own career. In 1988, he...
History in Our Homes
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On December 14, 2021, the Richmond, Virginia branch of The Association for the Study of African American Life and History, the Greater Richmond...
House Tour
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