Videos

Textile conservator Howard Sutcliffe detailed the preservation of Chief Justice John Marshall’s only surviving Supreme Court robe. Preservation Virginia hosted this online event.

Historians and museum professionals talked about historic preservation and natural resource conservation efforts in the Great Dismal Swamp, located on the border of Virginia and North Caroli…

Matthew Hofstedt, associate curator of the Supreme Court of the United States, talked about how black robes became standard for American judges. Preservation Virginia hosted this online even…

Trail of Tears Association president Jack Baker talked about the forced relocation of Native Americans in the early 19th century. Mr. Baker, a member of the Cherokee Nation, also discussed h…

The principal chief of the Cherokee Nation talked about the tribe’s history following their removal from the Southeast to present-day Oklahoma. Chief Chuck Hoskin focused on how the Cherokee…

Oklahoma University law Professor Lindsay Robertson examined Chief Justice John Marshall and the Supreme Court’s decisions in cases involving the Cherokee Nation. In the 1830s under Presiden…

University of Richmond Professor and President Emeritus Edward Ayers discussed how the expansion of slavery and westward migration displaced Native Americans throughout the antebellum period…

Kevin Butterfield looked at the origins of U.S. policies toward Native Americans, focusing on the aftermath of the Revolutionary War and the initiatives of George Washington. Mr. Butterfield…

On May 14, 1607, 104 English settlers landed at Jamestown Island, Virginia, to establish a colony for the Virginia Company. Thought to be lost to history forever under the James River, the o…

Jamestown Island, Virginia, is on the James River about 35 miles from the Atlantic Ocean. In 1994 archaeologists found evidence there of the original 1607 English settlement. Since then, the…

In 1994 archaeologist and historian Bill Kelso discovered the original 1607 English settlement at Jamestown, Virginia. Since the find, the Jamestown Rediscovery archeological project has une…

American History TV visited Bacon’s Castle in Surry, Virginia. Bacon’s Castle is the oldest brick dwelling in the U.S., and was occupied by Nathaniel Bacon’s supporters during a 1676 politic…

On May 14, 1607, 104 English settlers landed at Jamestown Island, Virginia to establish a colony for the Virginia Company. The location served as the capital of Virginia until 1699. Thought …

Jamestown Island, Virginia, is on the James River about 35 miles from the Atlantic Ocean. In 1994 the site of the 1607 English fort where John Smith and Pocahontas walked the ground was disc…

In 1994 archaeologist and historian Bill Kelso discovered the original 1607 English settlement at Jamestown, Virginia. Since the find, the Jamestown Rediscovery archeological project has une…

William Kelso talked about the archaeological discoveries at the site of the 1607 James Fort at Jamestown, Virginia, which offer new perspectives to the contemporaneous accounts of the first…

Warren Billings talked about the Jamestown General Assembly of 1619 on the 390th anniversary of the first authorized representative legislative body in English North America, which was conve…