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Vicksburg Brown Bag Lunch Talk

Venue: Museum of the ... Date: 06/21/2013 Location: Richmond

Throughout the Sesquicentennial of the Civil War, the Museum of the Confederacy-Richmond will be hosting a monthly series of talks devoted to a ... More Info

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Wet-plate Photography Sessions - Have Your ...

Venue: Museum of the ... Date: 06/22/2013 Location: Richmond

Following the Museum's Photography Seminar, Todd Harrington will be plying his craft from 12:30pm to 5:00pm. This is an excellent opportunity for ... More Info

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Capturing the Past: Photographic Seminar

Venue: Museum of the ... Date: 06/22/2013 Location: Richmond

The seminar will begin with a multimedia talk, "Richmond Again Taken: Photographing the Confederate Capital, 1865," by Michael D. Gorman, a ... More Info

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Spring Creek Wine Tasting

Venue: Museum of the ... Date: 06/22/2013 Location: Appomattox

An authentic Virginia farm winery, Spring Creek Wine Cellar is located south of the village of Pamplin. Come visit the Museum and enjoy the ... More Info

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Angels on the Battlefield

Venue: American Civil War ... Date: 06/22/2013 and additional dates Location: Richmond

Families are invited to join a costumed interpreter for this interactive gallery tour and examine the accomplishments of women in nursing and ... More Info

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Mr. Pinkerton's Artifact Investigators

Venue: American Civil War ... Date: 06/23/2013 and additional dates Location: Richmond

Families with young children tour our gallery with a Center educator, then are assigned a trunk to unlock and explore. Reproduction artifacts tell ... More Info

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Weapons Technology and the Civil War

Venue: Museum of the ... Date: 06/27/2013 Location: Appomattox
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Robert Hancock, Senior Curator at the Museum of the Confederacy, will discuss the evolution of weapons leading up to the American Civil War and ... More Info

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Fire! Rifle Musket Program

Venue: American Civil War ... Date: 06/29/2013 and additional dates Location: Richmond

Join a costumed historical interpreter for a discussion and demonstration of the primary infantry weapon of the American Civil War. Learn how a ... More Info

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Jackson’s Artillery: Poindexter Farm Walking Tour

Venue: Willis United ... Date: 06/29/2013 Location: Henrico

Ages 12+. Children must be accompanied by an adult. Come see a rarely viewed part of the Malvern Hill Battlefield. Learn how artillery on both ... More Info

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Drummer's Call: Field Music of the Civil War

Venue: American Civil War ... Date: 06/30/2013 and 08/10/2013 Location: Richmond

From the time to get up to the order to charge, Civil War soldier's lives moved to the beat of the drum. Join a costumed interpreter to learn ... More Info

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First Fridays at the Lynchburg Museum

Venue: Lynchburg Museum Date: 07/05/2013 and additional dates Location: Lynchburg
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The Museum is open the First Friday of every month from 5:00pm--8:00pm for FREE, focusing on a variety of topics related to Lynchburg history. We ... More Info

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Who is Holding Down the Fort? D. H. Hill and the ...

Venue: Museum of the ... Date: 07/06/2013 Location: Richmond

Seizing the initiative following his astounding victory at Chancellorsville, Robert E. Lee gathered all available Confederate forces for an ... More Info

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Stories from the Field Quarter

Venue: American Civil War ... Date: 07/06/2013 Location: Richmond

Storytelling is one of the world's oldest traditions. Enslaved African Americans used storytelling as a way of communicating with each other and ... More Info

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Meet the Curator, Meet the Artifact!

Venue: American Civil War ... Date: 07/07/2013 and 08/18/2013 Location: Richmond

Throughout the year, artifacts in our In the Cause of Liberty exhibition change to showcase remarkable pieces that have been shared with us from ... More Info

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Gettysburg Civil War Conversation

Venue: Museum of the ... Date: 07/10/2013 Location: Appomattox

Every second Wednesday of the month, the Museum of the Confederacy and the Appomattox Court House National Historical Park are partnering to ... More Info

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Confederate State Marine Corps Re-enactor ...

Venue: Museum of the ... Date: 07/12/2013 - 07/14/2013 Location: Appomattox

Come enjoy living history at the Museum of the Confederacy-Appomattox as Confederate Marine re-enactors will be on site throughout the weekend. ... More Info

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Men of Iron

Venue: American Civil War ... Date: 09/02/2013 and additional dates Location: Richmond

Before, during and after the Civil War, the Tredegar Iron Works was an important industrial complex. In peacetime, it supplied the vast expansion ... More Info

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Gallery Tour: Paths to Freedom

Venue: American Civil War ... Date: 07/14/2013 Location: Richmond

Join Museum Educator Sean Kane for a guided tour of our signature exhibit In the Cause of Liberty. This program will highlight artifacts and ... More Info

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