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People In Perspective
June 6, 2022

A People's Perspective (Episode 3)

In anticipation of the Robins Theater opening & the premiere of our original film, we will be sharing with you behind-the-scenes of …

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People In Perspective
May 25, 2022

A People's Perspective (Episode 2)

In anticipation of the Robins Theater opening & the premiere of our original film, we will be sharing with you behind-the-scenes of …

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People In Perspective
May 13, 2022

A People's Perspective (Episode 1)

In anticipation of the Robins Theater opening & the premiere of our original film, we will be sharing with you behind-the-scenes of …

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People In Perspective
February 9, 2022

Cornerstone Contributions: Carlton McCarthy’s Detailed Minutiae of Soldier Life in the Army of Northern Virginia

The author examines how Carlton McCarthy, mayor of Richmond, Va., from 1904-1908, used the role of the common Confederate soldier in the Civil War to reinforce the Lost Cause narrative in his book, Detailed Minutiae of Soldier Life in the Army of Northern Virginia, which, in turn, helped shape Civil War memory for many Southerners.

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September 23, 2021 Painting showing the H.L. Hunley, and its inventor, on a dock in against a background of water and a blue sky.

Under Pressure: Making History with the H.L. Hunley

On the night of February 17, 1864, a Confederate submarine called the H.L. Hunley made world history when it destroyed the USS …

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May 25, 2021 Steve Thanh Phan

I See My Father in His Image: Asian Legacies and the Civil War

It has been 160 years since war erupted across the American landscape in 1861. Just a decade ago, organizations, historians, living history …

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People In Perspective
May 18, 2021 Emma Ito U.S. Immigration Station, Angel Island, San Francisco Bay. Dormitory: From Photographs from the Hart Hyatt North papers: Angel Island

Who can belong in America? Understanding Citizenship for Asian Americans and Asian Immigrants

CONTENT WARNING: Xenophobia, Anti-Asian Racism This blog post was written on the ancestral lands of the Indigenous peoples of the Powhatan Confederation, …

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April 16, 2021 Presentation sword: slightly curved blade with quill back, etched with floral designs, stands of arms and trophies, "Gen'l Robert E. Lee, from a Marylander 1863" on obverse, "Aide toi et Dieu t'aidera" (Help yourself and God will help you) on reverse

Anonymous No More: Lee’s ‘Marylander’ Benefactor Revealed

This article originally appeared in the American Civil War Museum Magazine, Winter 2016-2017.  A mystery that has long accompanied the sword worn …

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March 30, 2021 Chris Graham Julian Ann Mitchell, portrait, bust.

How to Leave Town: Julia Ann Mitchell and Stepney Brown

By the time the Civil War was over, both Stepney Brown and Julia Ann Mitchell had escaped Richmond. The ways in which they …

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March 22, 2021 Kelly Hancock A Ward in Armory Square Hospital, Washington, D.C. U.S. soliders are lying in beds against the walls and one soldier is in a wheelchair in the center of the image. Two women nurses are seated next to bedridden soliders on the right. The ward's ceiling is decorated with streamers and U.S. Flags.

Only the First Step Costs: The Pioneering Work of Phoebe Pember and Susie King Taylor

The American Civil War helped nursing become a profession for women in the United States. Although some training for nurses did exist …

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The Battles of Appomattox: The Final Fury and the Last to Die

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Neither Slave, Nor Free: Voices of the Almost Emancipated

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The Confederate Peace Makers, 1865 – with William C. Davis

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The Dred Scott Decision with Martha Jones

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