By John Coski, Historian
In 1966, a group of prominent Richmonders turned thumbs down on a proposed statue by artist Salvador Dali that featured an allegorical depiction of hospital administrator Sally L. Tompkins
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March 10, 2018Plan to come out for this Thursday's Foundry Series, When Presidents Ignore the Law, with Dr. Jonathan White of Christopher Newport University and
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March 8, 2018In honor of International Women's Day, a look at Varina's younger sister, Maggie.
Confederate “First Lady” Varina Howell Davis and her circle of friends were not the only upper-class women to grace the White House of
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March 6, 2018Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney created the Monument Avenue Commission in June 2017 to provide context for the Confederate statues that he believes offer a distorted picture of Richmond’s history. Stoney asked the Commission to explain “the monuments
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March 2, 2018By Robert Hancock
Senior Curator & Director of CollectionsIn spite of the fact that the Confederacy
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