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Statue Stories: George Washington’s Statue of the Deathless Name

This post is Part 2 in a sometimes series about the statues of Virginia's Capitol Square. See Part 1 here. "In his quiet Roman workshop…

Meghan TownesDecember 13, 2019

The Official War Atlas of the 1st Division, American Expeditionary Force.

Mapping No-Man’s-Land: The Official War Atlas of the 1st Division, A. E. F.

Editor's Note: This article originally appeared in slightly altered form in the Summer 2001 issue of “Virginia Cavalcade.” Between 1928 and 1930, the federal government…

Vince BrooksMay 31, 2017

Education & Programming

Nat Turner Re-examined

Professor Patrick H. Breen, author of The Land Shall be Deluged in Blood: A New History of the Nat Turner Revolt, spoke at the Virginia…

Errol SomayNovember 21, 2016

Ten Paces! Fire!

On 28 November 1818, John McCarty of Loudoun County wrote a short letter to the Speaker of the House of Delegates of Virginia, declining the…

Claire RadcliffeJune 29, 2016

A Different Kind of Local Record

Smallpox is an infectious disease caused by two variants of a virus—variola major and variola minor. Since smallpox was certified as eradicated by the World…

Callie FreedJuly 11, 2014