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Elections
October 7, 2020 Chris Graham

Battling Ballots: The Enemy of My Enemy is My Friend

The United States presidential election of 1864 would prove to be just as important a turning point in the American Civil War …

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Elections
September 30, 2020

Battling Ballots: Absentee Voting and the Civil War

In this installment of our Battling Ballots series, when the United States is in the middle of a Civil War and a …

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September 22, 2020 Chris Graham A photo collage of images. A man in period clothing wearing a vest with arms crossed, one hand pinching his nose between his eyes in frustration holding a pair of glasses in the other. He's leaning on a road sign pointing in different directions saying: Union, Secession, Republican, Democrat, Slavery and Abolition. Blue Ridge Mountains in the backround.

Battling Ballots: Should we stay or should we go now? North Carolina votes on secession.

Perhaps it was like candidate endorsements from advocacy organizations or newspaper editorial boards today. But in 1861, voters in North Carolina themselves …

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July 22, 2020

ACWM Offers Free Admission to Virginia Public School Teachers and Students

The American Civil War Museum will offer free admission to any Virginia public K-12 school teacher or student and will continue to do …

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July 3, 2020 Chris Graham A graffitied Matthew Fontaine Maury Monument from Richmond's Monument Ave, being lifted by a crane for removal.

What did Matthew Fontaine Maury ever do to deserve his removal from Monument Avenue?

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December 18, 2019

Annual Legacies: Chaplain Garland H. White

There are thousands of legacies housed within the American Civil War Museum, and the Annual Fund helps to provide critical funding for …

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Annual Legacies: White House of the Confederacy

There are thousands of legacies housed within the American Civil War Museum, and the Annual Fund helps to provide critical funding for …

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November 26, 2019

Annual Legacies: Dr. Mary Edwards Walker

There are thousands of legacies housed within the American Civil War Museum, and the Annual Fund helps to provide critical funding for …

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December 17, 2018

House 200 | A Journey Through Time

This year, 2018, we commemorated the bicentennial of the house most commonly referred to as The White House of the Confederacy.  Our …

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October 2, 2018 Myths and Misunderstandings

Myths & Misunderstandings: The Museum

Last year, comments on one of our Facebook posts sparked a larger conversation about recurring debates about the Civil War. We asked …

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Dec 4
6:30 pm - 8:30 pm

2nd Annual Tredegar Society Italian Wine Dinner

$145
Enoteca Sogno
Dec 8
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Recurring Event

Lunch & Learn: Victorian Christmas Traditions

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Historic Tredegar
Dec 9
10:00 am - 4:00 pm

ACWM-Appomattox Christmas Open House

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Dec 10
12:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Winter Wander 2023

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Dec 14
5:00 pm - 7:00 pm Recurring Event

A Night At the Museum – ACWM Holiday Reception

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Dec 14
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