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Hatteras Island: Keeper of the Outer Bank By Ray McAllister
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On July 23, 2009, Ray McAllister delivered a Banner Lecture entitled “Hatteras Island: Keeper of the Outer Banks.”
The Outer Banks have enticed...
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...
How Did Civilians Suffer?
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How Did Enslaved People Support the Confederacy?
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In Pursuit of Jefferson: Traveling through Europe with the Most Perplexing Founding Father
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On August 25th, 2022 writer Derek Baxter held a lecture about his book, In Pursuit of Jefferson: Traveling through Europe with the Most Perplexing...
Inside Looking Out
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Inside the Jemima Code: The Joy of African American Cooking
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On April 6, 2018, Toni Tipton-Martin presented a Banner Lecture about her book, “Inside the Jemima Code: The Joy of African American Cooking.”
Women...
Inventing Disaster: The Culture of Calamity from the Jamestown Colony to the Johnstown Flood
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On February 13, 2020, Cynthia A. Kierner delivered the Banner Lecture, "Inventing Disaster: The Culture of Calamity from the Jamestown Colony to the...
J. Harvie Wilkinson, Jr. Lecture: An Evening with Joseph Ellis
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Was the American Revolution really a revolution? Was George Washington a great general? Was the American victory a miracle or inevitable?
On July 20th...
James Jones Archive (1870s-1960s)
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Jefferson, Paine, and Monroe: The American Revolution’s Authentic Revolutionaries
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On June 26, 2018, Dr. John Ferling delivered a Banner Lecture, “Jefferson, Paine, and Monroe: The American Revolution’s Authentic Revolutionaries.” He...
Jefferson’s Desk
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John Murray, fourth Earl of Dunmore
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Juneteenth
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Kill Jeff Davis: The Kilpatrick-Dahlgren Raid on Richmond in 1864
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On March 24 and noon, Bruce M. Venter delivered a Banner Lecture entitled "Kill Jeff Davis: The Kilpatrick-Dahlgren Raid on Richmond in 1864."
The...
Knights of the Golden Circle: Secret Empire, Secession, Civil War
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On June 13, 2013, David C. Keehn delivered a Banner Lecture entitled "Knights of the Golden Circle: Secret Empire, Secession, Civil War."
The Knights...
Last Call: The Rise and Fall of Prohibition
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Last Chance for Peace: Virginia's Role in the Washington Peace Conference of 1861 by Mark Tooley
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On August 25 at noon, Mark Tooley delivered a Banner Lecture entitled "Last Chance for Peace: Virginia's Role in the Washington Peace Conference of...