Editor's Note: This blog post contains information from a previous Library of Virginia exhibition (2002–2003), Virginia Roots Music Creating and Conserving Tradition, developed by Barbara…
John DealMarch 5, 2025
In September 1935, the Richmond Times-Dispatch grabbed readers' attention with the dramatic headline, "Buckroe Fish Packer Now Devil's Nemesis." The feature provided an early glimpse…
John DealJuly 24, 2023
As the world enters 2021, we continue to ride a roller coaster of news (and emotions) regarding the COVID-19 virus. Our smart phones provide almost…
John DealJanuary 13, 2021
"DANGER! WOMAN'S SUFFRAGE THE VANGUARD OF SOCIALISM" blared a broadside published around 1913 by the Virginia Association Opposed to Woman's Suffrage. It warned women that…
John DealJune 17, 2020
On 17 April 1868, exactly seven years after a Virginia convention had voted to secede from the United States, another Virginia convention voted to approve…
John DealApril 17, 2019
Love history? Love to travel? The Virginia History Trails app is for you! Developed by the 2019 Commemoration, American Evolution, in collaboration with the Library…
John DealFebruary 27, 2019
"Muzzled Doctors vs. Unmuzzled Guns" was a provocative phrase used by retired naval officer William Armistead Gills, M.D., to describe the poor condition of medical…
John DealAugust 8, 2018
Restricting the use of alcohol was not a novel idea in the Roaring Twenties when Prohibition banned illicit spirits nationwide. Inspired by the reforming impulses…
John DealSeptember 27, 2017
With its roots in 19th-century Texas, Juneteenth has grown into a popular event across the country to commemorate emancipation from slavery and celebrate African American…
John DealJune 19, 2014
