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Thomas Jefferson and the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom
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Thomas Jefferson’s 1774 Summary View of the Rights of British America
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Thurgood Marshall: A Life in American History
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On August 22, 2019, Dr. Spencer Crew delivered the banner lecture, "Thurgood Marshall: A Life in American History."
Thurgood Marshall is best...
Today’s Agents of Change with the Virginia Museum of History & Culture
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In honor of the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment in the United States granting women the right to vote, the Commonwealth of...
Today’s Agents of Change: Recreating an Iconic Women’s Suffrage Photo
Transforming the James River in Richmond
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The James River has always been the centerpiece of Richmond, but by the mid-twentieth century it had been abused and neglected. Today, the river draws...
Turning Point: World War II
Virginia and Presidential Politics
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Virginia Environmental Endowment: Leadership, Leverage, and Legacy
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On Thursday October 7, 2010, Gerald P. McCarthy discussed the Virginia Environmental Endowment. Since its inception in 1977, Virginia Environmental...
Virginia Landscapes: Sublime & Picturesque
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Voting Rights
W. E. B. Du Bois and the NAACP
What Are the Five Physical Regions of Virginia’s Geography?
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What Made George Washington Tick
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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...
Who was Oliver Hill?
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Why is there a West Virginia?
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Why We Need to Talk About James Armistead Lafayette
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Writing the Declaration of Independence, 1776
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