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"Hidden Figure" of GPS (Commonwealth Classroom)

In this virtual event on February 19, 2021, VMHC Curator Karen Sherry led audiences in a conversation with Dr. Gladys West. Dr. West, a Dinwiddie...
1861: The Civil War Awakening By Adam Goodheart

With his new book, 1861: The Civil War Awakening, Adam Goodheart revisits the most turbulent and consequential year in American history. In the hands...
2022 Stuart G. Christian, Jr. Lecture: The Great Chief Opechancanough and the War for America

On April 20, 2022, historian James Horn delivered the 2022 Stuart G. Christian, Jr. Lecture about his book, A Brave and Cunning Prince: The Great...
A Century of Foreign Wars

A Fire in the Wilderness: The First Battle Between Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee

On August 19, 2021, historian John Reeves discussed the Battle of the Wilderness, the first clash between Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee.
John...
A Gunner in Lee's Army: The Civil War Letters of Thomas Henry Carter

On December 4, 2014, at noon, Graham Dozier delivered a Banner Lecture entitled "A Gunner in Lee's Army: The Civil War Letters of Thomas Henry"
In...
A Manner Which Would Not Have Been Permitted Towards Slaves: Race, Reconstruction, and Memory in Postwar Richmond

On October 12 at 5:30 p.m., Michael D. Gorman delivered a Banner Lecture entitled “‘A Manner Which Would Not Have Been Permitted Towards Slaves’: Race...
“A Perfect Hell of Blood”: The Battle of the Crater

On August 23, 2018, A. Wilson Greene delivered a banner lecture, “‘A Perfect Hell of Blood’: The Battle of the Crater.”
Although the Petersburg...
Against All Odds: A True Story of Ultimate Courage and Survival in World War II

In this lecture on May 24, 2022, historian Alex Kershaw spoke about his book, Against All Odds: A True Story of Ultimate Courage and Survival in World...
Airship ROMA: A Forgotten Tragedy

On February 9, Nancy E. Sheppard delivered a Banner Lecture entitled “Airship ROMA: A Forgotten Tragedy.”
In March 1921, Maj. John G. Thornell and...
An Eyewitness Account of Stonewall Jackson's Wounding
Arming the Commonwealth

Battle of the Ironclads

This video describes the battle between the Monitor and the Merrimack. On March 8, 1862, the world's first ironclad ship, CSS Virginia, destroyed two...
Before the War
Bound to the Fire: How Virginia’s Enslaved Cooks Helped Invent American Cuisine

In grocery store aisles and kitchens across the country, smiling images of “Aunt Jemima” and other historical and fictional black cooks can be found...
Breaking the Silence: League of Wives Panel Discussion

The formation of the National League of Families of American Prisoners and Missing in Southeast Asia is a national story with strong ties to Virginia...
Carving Out Space in the Military: WAVES

Causes of the Revolution

Céloron Plate

Champion of War, Champion of Peace: The Leadership of George C. Marshall

On November 19 at noon, Gerald M. Pops delivered a Banner Lecture entitled "Champion of War, Champion of Peace: The Leadership of George C. Marshall."...