By Staff Reports on 10 May 2010
“His longevity as editor of this important journal is a testament…”
Posted in Feature, News, People | Tagged Johns Hopkins University Press, New Literary History, University of Virginia
By admin on 23 April 2010
Works must relate to the origins, life, and legacies of the Confederate States of America and the Civil War.
Posted in News, People | Tagged Jefferson Davis Award, Museum of the Confederacy
By Staff Reports on 22 March 2010
Will Gov. Beshear issue posthumous pardons for slave rescuers?
Posted in News, People | Tagged Kentucky, slavery
By admin on 2 February 2010
[ 15 March 2010; ] The award is co-sponsored by the Gilder Lehrman Institute, Preserve America, and the History Channel.
Posted in Calendar, News, People | Tagged Gilder Lehrman Institute, History Channel, Preserve America
By Staff Reports on 1 February 2010
New trustees will serve from 2010 to 2015.
Posted in Feature, News, People | Tagged VHS, Virginia Historical Society
By Staff Reports on 13 January 2010
[ 16 January 2010; ] New exhibit focuses on Francis Gary Powers.
Posted in Calendar, Feature, News, People | Tagged Francis Gary Powers, Virginia Historical Society
By Staff Reports on 21 November 2009
[ 24 November 2009; 10:00 am; ] Presidential $1 Coin honoring Zachary Taylor available Tuesday.
Posted in Calendar, Events, News, People | Tagged United States Mint, Zachary Taylor
By Staff Reports on 22 October 2009
Governor Timothy M. Kaine submitted the following statement for the record to the United States Senate Committee on Indian Affairs.
Posted in News, People | Tagged Indian Tribes of Virginia Federal Recognition Act of 2009, Jim Webb, Tim Kaine
By Staff Reports on 8 October 2009
97-year-old James Brown’s father was wounded at Appomattox.
Posted in News, People | Tagged Appomattox, Battle of Franklin, Gettysburg, Shiloh
By Staff Reports on 25 August 2009
[ 3 October 2009; 3:00 pm; ] Celebrate Thomas Jefferson’s retirement and return to his beloved Virginia. Join with your friends for an afternoon with the Richmond Symphony on the lawn at Thomas Jefferson’s Poplar Forest. 2009 is the 200th anniversary of Jefferson’s retirement from public life. In 1809, he began to spend time at his secluded retreat home, Poplar Forest.
Posted in Calendar, News, People | Tagged Poplar Forest, Richmond Symphony, Thomas Jefferson
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