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Women’s Suffrage Blog, Part 2: Voting Rights in Early America
March 13, 2020
Women’s Suffrage Blog, Part 2: Voting Rights in Early America
To understand the “mindset” of most Americans regarding the role of women for three hundred years before the passage of…
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Women’s Suffrage Blog, Part 1: A Collaboration with the Blue Ridge Chapter, National Society Daughters of the American Revolution
February 26, 2020
Women’s Suffrage Blog, Part 1: A Collaboration with the Blue Ridge Chapter, National Society Daughters of the American Revolution
2020 is a special year for many reasons: it is the 150th anniversary of the ratification of the 15th Amendment…
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Museum Foodies: The Lynchburg Museum System Shares Our Favorite Food Traditions, Part Five
December 27, 2019
Museum Foodies: The Lynchburg Museum System Shares Our Favorite Food Traditions, Part Five
History is not just stories from long ago. We believe traditions are a kind of present-day history, so we would…
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Museum Foodies: The Lynchburg Museum System Shares Our Favorite Food Traditions, Part Four
December 20, 2019
Museum Foodies: The Lynchburg Museum System Shares Our Favorite Food Traditions, Part Four
We think the holidays are a good time to reflect on something that connects people from all walks of life…
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Museum Foodies: The Lynchburg Museum System Shares Our Favorite Food Traditions, Part Three
December 13, 2019
Museum Foodies: The Lynchburg Museum System Shares Our Favorite Food Traditions, Part Three
History is not just stories from long ago. We believe traditions are a kind of present-day history, so we would…
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Museum Foodies: The Lynchburg Museum System Shares Our Favorite Food Traditions, Part Two
December 5, 2019
Museum Foodies: The Lynchburg Museum System Shares Our Favorite Food Traditions, Part Two
We think the holidays are a good time to reflect on something that connects people from all walks of life…
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Museum Foodies: The Lynchburg Museum System Shares Our Favorite Food Traditions
November 26, 2019
Museum Foodies: The Lynchburg Museum System Shares Our Favorite Food Traditions
We think the holidays are a good time to reflect on something that connects people from all walks of life…
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The Ann Hendershot Mystery, Part 2
October 29, 2019
The Ann Hendershot Mystery, Part 2
After the ordeal of the Barnes family had come to pass, the citizens of Lynchburg decided to take up an…
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Out of Wire, Fabric and Forest: Olive Cardwell’s Wildway Plantation Dolls
October 25, 2019
Out of Wire, Fabric and Forest: Olive Cardwell’s Wildway Plantation Dolls
Olive Cardwell was a local folk artist known for her wire armature dolls depicting plantation life. Born in 1897 as…
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The Ann Hendershot Mystery, Part 1
October 17, 2019
The Ann Hendershot Mystery, Part 1
A strange family. Torture. Mistaken identity. A mystery that’s never been solved. These are some usual ingredients in ghost tales.…
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