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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.
White House
June 24, 2015

White House Wednesday | Needlework Case

This needlework kit includes a mirror, comb, scissors, bone tweezers, blunt end needle, bone lead pencil, double-bladed bone handled pocket knife, perfume …

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Collections White House
June 17, 2015

White House Wednesday | Lovebirds Girandole

Details sometimes get lost among the many gilded finishes in the White House of the Confederacy. This decorative candlestick, called a girandole, …

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Tredegar Society
June 15, 2015

The Tredegar Society Presents: A Sensory History Tour of Belle Isle Prison Camp

About 40 people joined the Tredegar Society for the 90 minute conversational walking tour to Belle Isle on Saturday, June 6. The …

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Medical Shared Info
June 11, 2015

The Force is Strong with Dr. Jonathan Letterman

Meg Thompson of the Emerging Civil War blog recently made an interesting connection between the American Civil War and the Intergalactic Civil …

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Collections White House
June 10, 2015

White House Wednesday | Summer Dress Upholstery Covers

Summer in Virginia invariably brings heat and insects. In the White House of the Confederacy, as in many wealthier homes, cotton or canvas …

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Collections White House
June 3, 2015

White House Wednesday | Gasolier Man

On a tour of the White House of the Confederacy, look closely at the gasoliers—you may find one looking back at you. …

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June 2, 2015

June 2015 Document of the Month | Prison Release & Parole Form

What a difference three days could make. Soldiers in the Army of Northern Virginia present for the surrender at Appomattox on April …

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June 1, 2015

June 2015 Artifact of the Month | Thomas Green Penn's Hardtack

  The Civil War is sometimes called “a Rich man’s war, but a poor man’s fight.”  Laws, in both the North and …

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Living History
May 26, 2015

Civil War Fact of the Day | May 26, 2015

On this day in 1865, Gen. Edmund Kirby Smith’s Trans-Mississippi Department was surrendered (without his knowledge, though he accepted the terms one …

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Artifact of the Month Collections
May 1, 2015

May 2015 Artifacts of the Month | Pencil and cufflinks

On May 11, 1865, Alexander H. Stephens, Vice President of the Confederacy, was arrested in Crawfordville, Georgia. When informed that he was to …

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