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R. Scott Stephenson, Vice President of Collections, Exhibitions and Programming at the museum of the…
R. Scott Stephenson, Vice President of Collections, Exhibitions and Programming at the museum of the…
Christie Jackson, senior curator of the Trustees of Reservations gave a tour of the Old Manse in…
Curator Karen Sherry gave a tour of the Virginia Museum of History and Culture in Richmond and discussed…
This bellringer highlights Edgar Allen Poe's formative years in the Virginia city.
Politico cartoonist Matt Wuerker talks about the differences between a caricaturist and a political…
Museum curator for the National Capital Parks - East Ka’mal McClarin talked about the life and legacy…
Author Carol Sue Humphrey explored the importance of the press and its impact during the American…
MIT History of Technology Professor Merritt Roe Smith explains the technological changes that occurred…
Former New York State Education Commissioner John King talks about the significance of this document.
Author David Reynolds talks about how Uncle Tom's Cabin intensified sentiments both for and against…
Thomas Ricks talks about the ideas Orwell wrote about in "Animal Farm" and "1984."
Curator David Wood described the original items located in Ralph Waldo Emerson’s study and Emerson’s…
Kevin Young talked about the origin of fake news and how it has evolved over time.
Concord Museum curator David Wood visited Walden Pond to recount Henry David Thoreau’s time there and…
E.J. Carter and Zachariah Selley present copies of several books that the explorers carried with them on…
Roy Goodman displays and explains portions of Poor Richard's Almanac.
Professor John Fea talked about the ideas and philosophy found in Thomas Paine’s pamphlet "Common…
Molly Schwartzburg showed items from the William Faulkner Collection at the University of Virginia’s…
Former U.S. Poet Laureate Rita Dove talked about her career as a writer and why she believes the arts…
Chris Semtner talked about the Edgar Allan Poe Museum. Established in 1909, the Poe Memorial Association…