Spring 2022 CEO Message from Dr. Rob Havers
Transcript: Hello I’m Rob Havers, President, and CEO of the American Civil War Museum inviting you to explore our sites in Richmond …
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Meet India and Blake
This is a series where we introduce educators who work with us at the Museum and help us help other teachers. Meet India …
Message from the CEO
Transcription Rob: Hello! I’m Rob Havers, CEO and President of the American Civil War Museum. As youmake your travel plans for the …
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 …
Sensing the Past: Nighttime at Andersonville Prison
When you lie awake at night, what sensations do you feel? We have, fortunately, little in common with a U.S. soldier imprisoned …
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, …
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 …
Message from the CEO
Transcription Hello, my name is Rob Havers and as the new CEO and President of the American Civil War Museum, I look …
Meet Jason and Shantel
This is a series where we introduce educators who work with us at the Museum and help us help other teachers. Meet Jason …
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 …
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 …