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