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Inventing George Washington: America's Founder in Myth and Memory
On February 24, 2011, Ed Lengel delivered a Banner Lecture entitled "Inventing George Washington: America's Founder in Myth and Memory."
In Inventing...
J. Harvie Wilkinson, Jr. Lecture: An Evening with Joseph Ellis
Was the American Revolution really a revolution? Was George Washington a great general? Was the American victory a miracle or inevitable?
On July 20th...
Jacob L. "JL" Morewitz
James Jones Archive (1870s-1960s)
James Madison's Gift: The Power of Partnership
On April 30, 2015, David O. Stewart delivered a Banner Lecture entitled “James Madison’s Gift: The Power of Partnership.”
To reach his lifelong goal...
Jamestown, the Truth Revealed (Chauncey Lecture 2017)
On July 19, 2017, Dr. William M. Kelso delivered the Hazel and Fulton Chauncey Lecture entitled “Jamestown, the Truth Revealed.”
What was life really...
Jefferson, Paine, and Monroe: The American Revolution’s Authentic Revolutionaries
On June 26, 2018, Dr. John Ferling delivered a Banner Lecture, “Jefferson, Paine, and Monroe: The American Revolution’s Authentic Revolutionaries.” He...
Jefferson’s Treasure: How Albert Gallatin Saved the New Nation from Debt
On March 26, 2019, Gregory May delivered a Banner Lecture entitled “Jefferson’s Treasure: How Albert Gallatin Saved the New Nation from Debt.”
The...
Jefferson’s Desk
Joan Stokes Jones — Rosenwald Schools Oral History
Bena-Hayes and County Training School, Gloucester County (1943–1954).
This oral history is presented as part of the exhibition "A Better Life for Their...
John Marshall
John Marshall Judicial Robe Exhibit Preview
This recording is of a past program by the John Marshall Center for Constitutional History & Civics, as part of a series featuring constitutional...
John Marshall Speculates on America’s Second Bank
John Marshall's Robe
John Marshall: The Final Founder
This recording is of a past program by the John Marshall Center for Constitutional History & Civics, as part of a series featuring constitutional...
John Marshall: The Man Who Made the Supreme Court
On November 12, 2018, Richard Brookhiser delivered the banner lecture, “John Marshall: The Man Who Made the Supreme Court.”
In 1801, a genial and...
John Murray, fourth Earl of Dunmore
John Randolph Dueling Pistols (c. 1820)
John Randolph of Roanoke
John Smith's "General History of Virginia"
In this video, former VMHC Vice President for Collections E. Lee Shepard discusses John Smith's The Generall Historie of Virginia, New England, and...