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Virginian Honor: The Ethics of George Washington and Thomas Jefferson
On September 6, 2018, Craig Bruce Smith delivered the banner lecture, “Virginian Honor: The Ethics of George Washington and Thomas Jefferson.”
Despit...
VMHC Education | Games of the Past: Ball in Cup
In this edition of Games of the Past, we're talking about Ball In A Cup! This video gives a brief history of the game and shows you how to make your...
VMHC Education | Games of the Past: Paper Dolls
In this edition of Games of the Past, we're talking about Paper Dolls! This video gives a brief history of paper dolls and shows you how to make your...
VMHC Education | Games of the Past: Whirligigs
In this edition of Games of the Past, we're talking about Whirligigs! This video gives a brief history of whirligigs and shows you how to make your...
Voting Rights
W. E. B. Du Bois and the NAACP
Walter Washington Foster Glass Plate Negatives Collection
“War is horrid, in fact”: Virginians in the West Indies Expedition, 1740–42
On May 5, 2023, Craig S. Chapman spoke about the first overseas deployment of American troops, in which 4,000 colonists (including 400 from Virginia)...
War on the Home Front
War Stories: Commemorating the Centennial of World War I
Washington at the Plow: The Founding Farmer and the Question of Slavery
On December 9, 2021, historian Bruce A. Ragsdale presented a lecture about his book, Washington at the Plow: The Founding Farmer and the Question of...
Washington's Mentor: Governor Dinwiddie's Correspondence, 1751-58
Washington Traveling Exhibition
We Shall Not Be Moved: Virginia Songs of Labor
From the textile mills of Danville to the coal fields of Wise to the tobacco factories of Richmond, workers have rallied to songs of labor. The songs...
We the People Traveling Exhibition
Weird-but-True Things Most People Don't Know about the Roaring Twenties
On November 14 at 2 p.m., Mary Miley Theobald delivered a lecture entitled "Weird-but-True Things Most People Don't Know about the Roaring Twenties."
...West Virginia v. EPA
What Caused the Civil War
This video looks at the question "What Caused the Civil War." The video specifically looks at differences between the North and South and the outbreak...
What Exactly Is A Shadow Docket?
What Made George Washington Tick
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...