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Virginia Museum of History and Culture

The Virginia Historical Society , founded in 1811 as the Virginia Historical and Philosophical Society and headquartered in Richmond, Virginia, is a major repository, research, and teaching center for Virginia history. It is a private non-profit organization, supported almost entirely by private contributions, and is the Official State Historical Society of Virginia. Wikipedia*

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Virginia Museum of History and Culture has hosted 60 events in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first program was a 2000 Forum. The year with the most events was 2020 with four events. The year with the highest average number of views per video was 2009 with an average of 3,730 views per video. Most appearances with Andrew Talkov (10), Jamie Bosket (9), Paul A. Levengood (7). Most common tags: Native Americans, Civil War, Early American History (1600-1850).

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    Washington's Marines

    Author and U.S. Marine Corps Major General Jason Bohm talked about the origins of the Marine Corps, including strategic decis…

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    Artifacts from NASA's Project Apollo (1961-75)

    Teasel Muir-Harmony, curator of the Apollo collection at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, examined the history …

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    The Byrd Political Organization in Virginia

    Journalist and author Michael Lee Pope detailed the rise and fall of the Byrd political machine that dominated Virginia polit…

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    The Marshall Court

    Former U.S. solicitor generals talked about the John Marshall Court (1801-35), the evolution of the Supreme Court bar, and th…

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