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Fellow Travelers on the Road to Black Ned’s Forge by Turk McCleskey
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On February 19 at noon, Turk McCleskey delivered a Banner Lecture entitled “Fellow Travelers on the Road to Black Ned’s Forge.”
Edward Tarr, known...
Female African American Civil Rights Pioneers in Education: The Road to Brown & Beyond
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Professor Beth Hopkins, Wake Forest University Law School (Retired) and JMC Board Member, explores the women pioneers of Brown & Beyond. Hopkins is...
First Dads: Parenting and Politics from George Washington to Barack Obama
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On June 2 at noon, Joshua Kendall delivered a Banner Lecture entitled "First Dads: Parenting and Politics from George Washington to Barack Obama."
Ev...
First Family: George Washington's Heirs and the Making of America
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On February 22, 2024, historians Cassandra Good and Carolyn Eastman presented a lecture on the Washington family, celebrity, and the development of...
First House: Two Centuries with Virginia's First Families
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On October 10, Mary Miley Theobald, delivered a banner lecture entitled "First House: Two Centuries with Virginia's First Families."
Conceived...
Fore-edge Painting
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Fortune’s Fool: The Life of John Wilkes Booth (Chauncey Lecture 2015)
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On June 11, Terry Alford delivered the 2015 Hazel and Fulton Chauncey Lecture, entitled "Fortune’s Fool: The Life of John Wilkes Booth."
With a...
Founders as Fathers: Going Home with Virginia's Revolutionary
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On October 9, 2014, Lorri Glover delivered a Banner Lecture entitled "Founders as Fathers: Going Home with Virginia's Revolutionary." Set against the...
Founding Frenemies
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Fraud! Controversy! And neat properties in Virginia: Things you never knew about title insurance
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Freedmen's Schools
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Freedom Riders
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Fresh Paint
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From a Richmond Streetcar: Life through the Lens of Harris Stilson
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On July 10, 2014, Kitty Snow deliverered a Banner Lecture entitled "From a Richmond Streetcar: Life through the Lens of Harris Stilson."
Streetcar...
From Cotton Fields to Skyscrapers: The Transformation of the South in the Twentieth Century By Paul A. Levengood
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At the dawn of the twentieth century, the South was by all measurements the poorest, most segregated region in the United States. One hundred years...
From Horse-Driven to Gas-Fueled Transportation
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From Marshall to Moussaoui: Federal Justice in the Eastern District of Virginia
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On February 5, 2015, John O. Peters, author of "From Marshall to Moussaoui: Federal Justice in the Eastern District of Virginia," was interviewed by...
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...