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Historical Resources to Contextualize the Storming of the U.S. Capitol

The events that occurred at our nation’s Capitol on January 6, 2021 are not only shocking in today’s world, but also generated …

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The dome of the US Capitol building.
African American History Events In the Neighborhood
May 25, 2020 Chris Graham

Two Sides of Memory

What does Memorial Day mean to you? Is it just cookouts? Solemn appreciation for the nation’s dead? Do you think it has …

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May 19, 2020 Jeniffer Maloney ACWM Logo

ACWM Receives Virginia Humanities Grant

Richmond – The American Civil War Museum has received a $10,000 grant from Virginia Humanities as part of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, …

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Annual Legacies Medical Women's History
May 13, 2020 Katie Lewis

Annual Legacies: Pheobe Yates Levy Pember

Born Phoebe Yates Levy on August 18, 1823, in Charleston, South Carolina, she was the fourth of seven children in a prominent …

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African American History Annual Legacies Medical
May 6, 2020

Annual Legacies: Susie Baker King Taylor

Susie Baker King Taylor was born into slavery on August 6, 1848 to Hagar and Raymond Baker on the Grest Farm in …

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History is Present Mission in Action
May 1, 2020 Chris Graham A print of a group of women of various ages burying a covered body. A black man with a shovel stands at the foot of the body. One woman is at the head of the head of the body looking up reciting a passage of the Bible.

Not Alone in History: How are You Mourning?

I held dad’s hand when he died. Mom gave him a long final embrace, and a kiss. These rituals comforted us, the …

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Annual Legacies Medical Mission in Action
April 29, 2020 Kathryn Lewis

Annual Legacies: Annie Bell

Annie Bell was the central subject for one of the most popular photos used by the U.S. Sanitary Commission (USSC). The photo, …

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#AskACWM Military History
April 28, 2020 John Coski

Southern Federals?!

We love hearing about our visitors’ Civil War travels and experiences. Tom from Ann Arbor, Michigan wrote in about a perplexing listing …

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History is Present Mission in Action
April 23, 2020 Chris Graham Woman on a computer typing with an image of a historical etching of a girl writing freedom on a chalk board

Not Alone in History: Are you pursuing personal growth during the pandemic?

I spent this morning in Sienna, Italy. I’m making good time because just yesterday I floated down the Missouri River with my …

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History is Present Medical Mission in Action
April 21, 2020 Chris Graham Three Civil War-Era Women doing civil tasks

Not Alone in History: Are You Doing Something?

Have you made masks yet? I haven’t, though it’s all the rage right now and one can find instructions all over the …

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April 20, 2020 Chris Graham

Leaving the South Alone

As our doors are closed we love to hear from our visitors and connect them with the history that matters most to …

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