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Becoming a Homeplace

Map of Virginia, 1630

Map of Virginia, 1630

Clovis Point

Clovis Point

Bone fishhook

Bone fishhook

Playing card

Playing card



Contact and Conflict

Sir Dudley Digges

Sir Dudley Digges

John Smith

John Smith

Pocahontas

Pocahontas

The Abduction of Pocahontas

The Abduction of Pocahontas

Silver badges

Silver badges

Pipe tomahawk

Pipe tomahawk

Elizabeth I

Elizabeth I

John Smith's Description of the Powhatans, 1612

The Powhatans, 1612



Becoming Virginians

Royalist's silver cup

Royalist's silver cup

Bacon's Epitaph

"Bacon's Epitaph"

Rebecca Bonum Eskridge

Rebecca Bonum Eskridge

Cast iron fireback

Cast iron fireback

Celeron plate

Céleron plate

John Murray, fourth Earl of Dunmore

John Murray

Taufschein

Taufschein

Lucy Randolph Burwell

Lucy Randolph Burwell

Virginia Slave Laws

Virginia Slave Laws

 

 

 

 

 

 



Becoming Americans

George Washington

George Washington

Patrick Henry

Patrick Henry

Drafting the Declaration of Independence

Declaration of Independence

Thomas Jefferson

Thomas Jefferson

Martha Washington

Martha Washington

Lafayette

Lafayette

Dolley Madison

Dolley Madison

Tragical Scene

Broadside, 1832

James Armistead Lafayette

James Armistead Lafayette

Stamp Act spoon

Stamp Act spoon

St. Mary's

St. Mary's Church

Letter, August 1814

Letter,
August 1814

Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom

Statute for Religious Freedom

George Mason

George Mason

 

 

 

 



Becoming Southerners

Reaping machine

Reaping machine

Conestoga wagon

Conestoga wagon

Slave pass

Slave pass

Slave Auction

"Slave Auction"

Pie safe

Pie safe

Whipping post

Whipping post

Cyrus McCormick

Cyrus McCormick

Corner cupboard

Corner cupboard

Constitutional Convention

Constitutional Convention

Carriage

Carriage

Diary of Elizabeth Ann Cooley

Diary of
Elizabeth Ann Cooley

Dueling pistols

Dueling pistols



Civil War

Dixie's Land

Dixie's Land

Tredegar Iron Works

Tredegar Iron Works

Winfield Scott

Winfield Scott

Robert E. Lee

Robert E. Lee

Silk flag

Silk flag

Emancipation Proclamation

Emancipation Proclamation

Let Us Have Peace

"Let Us Have Peace"

Coming into the Lines

"Coming into the Lines"

Stonewall Jackson

Stonewall Jackson

U.S. Flag

U.S. Flag

Savage's Station

"Savage's Station"

J. E. B. Stuart's coat

J. E. B. Stuart's coat



New Southerners

Carpetbag

Carpetbag

Fitzhugh Lee

Fitzhugh Lee

Booker T. Washington

Booker T. Washington

Streetcar

Streetcar

Hampton Institute

Hampton Institute

Making the Virginia Twist /

"Making the Virginia Twist"

Cigar store figure

Cigar store figure

Gold cup and spike

Gold cup
and spike

University of Virginia

University of Virginia

Harry Flood Byrd, Sr.

Harry Flood Byrd, Sr.

Kline Kar

Kline Kar

School wagon

School wagon

Maggie Walker

Maggie Walker

 

 

 

 

 

 



Americans Again

Woodrow Wilson

Woodrow Wilson

Victory Loan Banner

Victory Loan Banner

George C. Marshall

George C. Marshall

Cartoon

Cartoon

The Blender

The Blender

Thrift parade

Thrift parade

The 318th Infantry Regiment

The 318th Infantry Regiment

 

 



Becoming Equal

Janie Porter Barrett

Janie Porter Barrett

L. Douglas Wilder

L. Douglas Wilder

Equal Suffrage League rally

Equal Suffrage League rally

Elective Franchise

Elective Franchise

Oliver Hill

Oliver Hill

Lila (Meade) Valentine

Lila (Meade) Valentine

Proud American Day program

Proud American Day program

Voting machine

Voting machine



A New Virginia

Ellen Glasgow

Ellen Glasgow

Brother Rat poster

Brother Rat poster

Waltons lunch box

Waltons
lunch box

Revival banner

Revival banner

Jukebox

Jukebox

Mary-Cooke Munford

Mary-Cooke Munford

Arthur Ashe

Arthur Ashe

Carry Me Back to Old Virginny

"Carry Me Back to Old Virginny"

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