15th Turns 150!
March 30, 2020, is the 150th anniversary of the adoption of the 15th Amendment to the Constitution (ratified Feb. 3, 1870), which …
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Q&A with Ben Cleary
Ben Cleary, author of Searching for Stonewall Jackson, will be at the American Civil War Museum–Historic Tredegar next Thursday with Evans Hopkins at …
Book Talk Q&A with Karen L. Cox
Dr. Karen L. Cox is our next featured Book Talk author on Thursday, August 1 at 6 PM. While recent events have focused on …
Foundry Series Q+A: Cecily Zander
This month’s Foundry Series, The US Military and Rebuilding after War, Cecily Zander, Ph.D. candidate, Pennsylvania State University. We reached out to get more …
Profile: Meet Nicole Stonestreet
This is a new series where we highlight educators who work with us at the Museum and help us help other teachers. Meet …
Foundry Series Q+A: Timothy Huebner
This month’s Foundry Series event, Politics and the Supreme Court, features Timothy Huebner of Rhodes College. Dr. Huebner was kind enough to answer a couple …
#AskACWM | New Year, New Museum Now
During an Instagram Q+A this summer, we were asked “What is your favorite thing to teach visitors?” We’ve been mulling over that. …
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 …
Artifact of the Month | Brooch and Earrings
Civil War prison camps were notoriously awful places to spend any time. Both governments in the conflict were ill prepared to take …
Profile: Meet Valencia Abbott
This is a new series where we highlight educators who work with us at the Museum and help us help other teachers. …
Foundry Series Q&A: Jonathan Jones
Next week’s Foundry Series event, Opioid Addiction After the Civil War, features Jonathan Jones of Binghamton University. Jonathan was kind enough to answer a …