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Stuart G. Christian, Jr., Lecture
The Guns at Last Light: The War in Western Europe, 1944-1945
By Rick Atkinson
Time: 5:30 pm
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25

Behind the Scenes Tour
Salt, Eggs, Tin, and Glass: Photographs in Virginia Historical Society Collection
Time: 10:30 am

28

A Virginia Historical Society Educational Travel Program
The Barnes and Beyond: Art and History in Philadelphia
Time: 9:00 am (Overnight members-only trip runs from May 28-30, 2013)
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12

Gallery Walk
Stars and Stripes: The History of the United States Flag
Time: noon

13

Banner Lecture
Knights of the Golden Circle: Secret Empire, Secession, Civil War
By David C. Keehn
Time: noon

14

Book Sale Preview
Time: 5pm-8pm

15

Book Sale
Virginia Historical Society Summer Book Sale
Time: 9:30am-5pm

19

See You on the Bus
Charlottesville area: Keswick Hall, Woodberry Forest School, and tour of a private art collection
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20

See You In Class
Candid Photography in a Point-and-Click World
By Sarah Gladwell
(June 20 and 27)
Time: 5:30–7:00 pm

Hazel and Fulton Chauncey Lecture
The Feud: The All-American, No-Holds-Barred, Blood-and-Guts Story of the Hatfields and McCoys
By Dean King
Time: 5:30 pm
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27

See You In Class
Candid Photography in a Point-and-Click World
By Sarah Gladwell
(June 20 and 27)
Time: 5:30–7:00 pm

2

Banner Lecture
Richmond at War, 1863
By Gary W. Gallagher and Robert E. L. Krick
Time: 5:30 pm
Cosponsored with the Richmond National Battlefield Park

11

Banner Lecture
The Jefferson Hotel: The History of a Richmond Landmark
By Paul N. Herbert
Time: noon

17

Gallery Walk
Moving through Time: Transportation over the Ages
Time: noon

24

See You on the Bus
Leesburg: Oatlands Plantation and the George C. Marshall International Center at Dodona Manor
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25

Banner Lecture
Contested Borderland: The Civil War in Appalachian Kentucky and Virginia
By Brian D. McKnight
Time: noon
Cosponsored with the Museum of the Confederacy

27

Behind the Scenes Tour
Stolen Property, Liberated Books, and Fugitive Manuscripts
Time: 10:30 am

5

Diggin' in the Dirt
at Virginia House
(April 5-9)
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8

Banner Lecture
Ocracoke: The Pearl of the Outer Banks
By Ray McAllister
Time: noon

21

Gallery Walk
Religion in Virginia: From Powhatan to Pat Robertson
Time: noon

4

Banner Lecture
Fighting for Freedom: African Americans and the War of 1812
By Gene Allen Smith
Time: noon
Cosponsored with the War of 1812 Commission

5

Garden Tour
at Virginia House
Time: 5:00 pm
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12

Behind-the-Scenes Tour at Virginia House
Time: 5:30
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13

Behind-the-Scenes Tour at Virginia House
Time: noon
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2

See You on The Bus
Annapolis: U.S. Naval Academy* and the Maryland State House
Time: 7:15 am Departure

10

Banner Lecture
First House: Two Centuries with Virginia's First Families
By Mary Miley Theobald
Time: noon

17

J. Harvie Wilkinson, Jr., Lecture
In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin
By Erik Larson
Time: 5:30 pm
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31

Banner Lecture
Family of Assassins: The Surratts of Maryland
By David O. Stewart
Time: noon