"In the Beginning, all America was Virginia."

William Byrd II

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Showing: 1800 to 1899

Searching for Stonewall Jackson

Ben Cleary

(00:51:13)

Lincoln’s Spies: Their Secret War to Save a Nation

Douglas Waller

(00:54:03)

Gerrymanders: How Redistricting Has Protected Slavery, White Supremacy, and Partisan Minorities in Virginia

Brent Tarter

(00:59:12)

The Property of the Nation: George Washington's Tomb, Mount Vernon, and the Memory of the First President

Matthew Costello

(00:48:29)

The Notorious History of the Virginia State Penitentiary

Dale M. Brumfield

(01:03:03)

Searching for Black Confederates: The Civil War’s Most Persistent Myth

Kevin M. Levin

(00:58:24)

Virginia Waterways and the Underground Railroad

Cassandra L. Newby-Alexander

(00:58:08)

The Life And Times Of Henry Stuart Foote (Chauncey Lecture 2019)

Ben Wynne

(00:00:00)

Scottish Stone Masons and Virginia Stone

Stewart McLaurin

(00:51:34)

Jefferson’s Treasure: How Albert Gallatin Saved the New Nation from Debt

Gregory May

(00:51:16)

Virginia Museum of History & Culture

Video & Audio

Searching for Stonewall Jackson

Lincoln’s Spies: Their Secret War to Save a Nation

Gerrymanders: How Redistricting Has Protected Slavery, White Supremacy, and Partisan Minorities in Virginia

The Property of the Nation: George Washington's Tomb, Mount Vernon, and the Memory of the First President

The Notorious History of the Virginia State Penitentiary

Searching for Black Confederates: The Civil War’s Most Persistent Myth

Virginia Waterways and the Underground Railroad

The Life And Times Of Henry Stuart Foote (Chauncey Lecture 2019)

Scottish Stone Masons and Virginia Stone

Jefferson’s Treasure: How Albert Gallatin Saved the New Nation from Debt

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