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Rightful Heritage: Franklin D. Roosevelt and the Land of America
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On June 7 at noon, Douglas Brinkley delivered Banner Lecture entitled “Rightful Heritage: Franklin D. Roosevelt and the Land of America.”
In Rightful...
Ripped from the Headlines
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Rising Black Consciousness
Road Trippin’
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Robert E. Lee after the War
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Round Robins of the Pollard Family
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Scandal in Virginia
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Secrets & Symbols: Cooler by George Fulton
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Cooler for water or beer, 1856
George N. Fulton (1834–1894) for David Parr’s Pottery, Richmond, Virginia
On long-term loan from The Greenbrier, White...
Secrets & Symbols: Temperance Quilt
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Quilt, about 1890–1900
Rena Effinger Coyner Koiner (1869–1949)
Cotton fabrics
VMHC Collection, Gift of Dennis and Kay Stockdale
Rena Koiner, the maker of...
Shaving Kits
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She Can Bring Us Home: Dr. Dorothy Boulding Ferebee, Civil Rights Pioneer
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On August 20, 2015, Diane Kiesel delivered a Banner Lecture entitled "She Can Bring Us Home: Dr. Dorothy Boulding Ferebee, Civil Rights Pioneer."
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Sheltering Arms: A Legacy of Caring
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On August 28 at noon, Anne Rutherford Lower delivered a Banner Lecture entitled "Sheltering Arms: A Legacy of Caring."
Sheltering Arms: A Legacy of...
Silent Spring Revolution: Kennedy, Carson, Johnson, Nixon, & the Great Environmental Awakening
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On March 1, 2023, bestselling author Douglas Brinkley delivered a lecture about his newest book, "Silent Spring Revolution: John F. Kennedy, Rachel...
Skeletons on the Zahara by Dean King
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On January 24, 2008, Dean King delivered this Banner Lecture. In 1815 the American sailing ship Commerce ran aground on the northwestern shore of...
Slavery
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So Ends This Day: An Illustrated Update on the Life and Times of the Monitor, from 1861 to yesterday By Anna Holloway
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Although the Union ironclad Monitor may have ended her working career in a gale off Cape Hatteras in December 1862, her story does not end there...
Take Care of the Living: Reconstructing Confederate Veteran Families By Jeffrey McClurken
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The Civil War ended in spring 1865, but for Confederate veterans and their families, its consequences persisted far longer as they began to pick up...
The 1811 Richmond Theater Fire
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The Bartlett Book of Garden Elements
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On June 18, 2015, Rose Love Bartlett will delivered a Banner Lecture entitled "The Bartlett Book of Garden Elements."
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The Battlefront in Virginia
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