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SUMMARY:Daily Tredegar History Tours & Weekend Musket Firing Demonstrations!
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a Tredegar History Tour—an engaging journey through the story of the former Tredegar Iron Works\, right in the heart of downtown Richmond. \n\n\n\nExplore one of Richmond’s most iconic historical sites\, discover how cannons were made during the Civil War\, and check out our current exhibitions! \n\n\n\n\nTredegar History Tours Daily @ 11 AM and 3 PM\n\n\n\nMusket Firing Demonstrations Saturdays and Sundays @ 1 PM
URL:https://acwm.org/event/daily-tredegar-history-tours-weekend-musket-firing-demonstrations/
CATEGORIES:Family-Friendly,Richmond Events,Tours
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SUMMARY:The Man Behind the Cane with Paul Quigley
DESCRIPTION:Join Paul Quigley to discover what prompted Preston Brooks’ attack on Charles Sumner and how it deepened the nation’s division over slavery. \n\n\n\nIn 1856\, South Carolina Congressman Preston Brooks caned Massachusetts Senator Charles Sumner on the floor of the U.S. Capitol. The attack\, which left Sumner unconscious\, increased tensions across the nation and pushed the country closer to civil war. Join Paul Quigley as he explores what motivated Brooks’ actions and what it meant for an increasingly polarized nation. \n\n\n\nPaul Quigley is the James I. Robertson\, Jr. Associate Professor of Civil War History in the History Department at Virginia Tech\, where he also serves as Director of the Virginia Center for Civil War Studies and Director of the Center for Humanities. Quigley is the author of the prize-winning book Shifting Grounds: Nationalism and the American South\, 1848-65\, and has edited works in publications ranging from the Journal of the Civil War Era to the New York Times and the Washington Post. \n\n\n\nMembers Reception at 5pm
URL:https://acwm.org/event/the-man-behind-the-cane-with-paul-quigley-2/
CATEGORIES:Book Talk,Richmond Events
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SUMMARY:2026 Lincoln Prize Lecture
DESCRIPTION:The American Civil War Museum is pleased to announce the Annual Lincoln Prize Lecture will be held at the Tredegar site in Richmond\, Virginia on October 15th\, 2026. \n\n\n\nThis event is in partnership with Gilder Lehrman Institute for American History. Our partnership with Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History is reflective of our continuing commitment to engage in national conversations about the Civil War by presenting the most respected authorities in the field of research and scholarship. \n\n\n\nThe Gilder Lehrman annual Lincoln Prize award is given to the finest scholarly work in English on Abraham Lincoln\, the American Civil War soldier\, or the American Civil War era. This year’s recipient is Dr. Richard Carwardine\, Distinguished Fellow of the Rothermere American Institute at Oxford\, for his book Righteous Strife: How Warring Religious Nationalists Forged Lincoln’s Union. \n\n\n\nA two-time recipient of the Gilder Lehrman Lincoln Prize\, Dr. Carwardine is a Welsh-born historian of the United States. He spent over thirty years in the Department of History at Sheffield University before taking up the Rhodes Professorship of American History at Oxford in 2002. He was elected President of Corpus Christi College\, Oxford in 2009 and navigated the College towards the 500th anniversary of its founding. He received his first Lincoln Prize in 2004 for his book Lincoln: A Life of Purpose and Power. \n\n\n\nThe ACWM Lincoln Prize Lecture includes a reception with Dr. Carwardine\, followed by the lecture and a Q&A moderated by Dr. James J. Broomall. A book signing will follow in the Museum. \n\n\n\nOctober 15\, 2026 \n\n\n\nReception 6:00pm – 7:00pm \n\n\n\nLecture & Book Signing 7:00pm – 8:30pm \n\n\n\n480 Tredegar Street\, Richmond\, Virginia 23219 \n\n\n\nEarly registration is suggested!
URL:https://acwm.org/event/2026-lincoln-prize-lecture/
CATEGORIES:Book Talk,For Educators,For Students,Lectures,Richmond Events,Virtual Programs
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SUMMARY:A Nation Unraveled
DESCRIPTION:During the American Civil War\, clothing became central to the ways people waged war and experienced its cost. Through the clothes they made\, wore\, mended\, lost\, and stole\, Americans expressed their allegiances\, showed their love\, confronted social and economic challenges\, subverted expectations\, and\, ultimately\, preserved their history. \n\n\n\nJoin us as author Sarah Weicksel draws on her book and focuses on artifacts—including those in the American Civil War Museum’s collections—and their stories to explore how clothing was central to the ways people waged the Civil War and experienced its cost. \n\n\n\nDr. Sarah Weicksel is a historian and material culture scholar and the author of A Nation Unraveled: Clothing\, Culture\, and Violence in the American Civil War Era (UNC Press\, 2026). She currently serves as the executive director of the American Historical Association and previously worked at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History. Her writing focuses on the American Civil War\, emancipation\, military history\, gender history\, and material culture. Weicksel earned a PhD in history from the University of Chicago\, an MA in American material culture from the Winterthur Program at the University of Delaware\, and a BA in history from Yale University. \n\n\n\nMember Reception at 5 PM \n\n\n\nPlease use the gated entrance on Brown’s Island Way (located near the corner of Tredegar Street) to access the parking lot. The gated entrance will remain open from 5:00 pm until 6:20 pm and will be reopened for departure after the program’s completion. If you need assistance\, Guest Services staff may be reached at 804-649-1861 ext. 100.
URL:https://acwm.org/event/a-nation-unraveled/
CATEGORIES:Book Talk,Lectures,Richmond Events
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SUMMARY:Tredegar Tree Lighting
DESCRIPTION:Join us at the popular Tredegar Tree Lighting as we officially illuminate the 20-foot-tall tree in the museum lobby!
URL:https://acwm.org/event/tredegar-tree-lighting/
CATEGORIES:Family-Friendly,Richmond Events
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