EventHistorical Fiction: Rachel Beanland, Brian Castleberry & Lauren Francis-Sharma
Novelists Rachel Beanland (Florence Adler Swims Forever), Brian Castleberry (Nine Shiny Objects), and Lauren Francis-Sharma (Book of the Little Axe) discuss their sweeping works of historical fiction, ranging from 18th-century Trinidad to 20th-century America, and grappling with colonialism, family secrets, racism, and questions of belief.
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EventRosenwald Schools in Virginia: Updates and Preservation Tools Webinar
Join Preservation Virginia, the Virginia Department of Historic Resources, the AMMD Pine Grove School Community, the Campbell County Training School Complex, the Julius Rosenwald and Rosenwald Schools National Historic Park …
NewsAlexandria’s History, In Miniature
A new film tells the story of two artists and their memories of segregated Alexandria. “We didn’t set out to make history. It was just a hobby at first,” says dollhouse artist and A new film tells the story of two artists and their memories of segregated Alexandria. Alexandria native Sharon Frazier. “But then Linwood started making more and more. He said, ‘We should do our town.’ And so, here we are.”
NewsA Summer Without Children
In the summer of 1950, Wythe County had the highest incidence of Polio cases per capita of any city or county in the country. To this day, no one is sure exactly why.
NewsOutdoor Archives
Cemeteries are outdoor archives. After decades of neglect, volunteers are clearing the brush and illuminating America’s repressed histories.
NewsSeparate and Unequal
Desegregation took a lot of nerve from brave students, who mourned leaving behind their all-black schools to enter hostile spaces.
EventLooking Back
From a waterfall tumbling down Toole’s Creek to a misty morning on an early Abingdon Main Street to the dormered cottage that was the original Johnston Memorial Hospital, Looking Back: …
NewsPresidential Leadership
What makes a leader decide to go to war? We take a look at the beginning of United States imperialism as we consider why leaders do the things they do.
NewsThe Age of Astonishment
In this webinar, recorded October 6, 2020, Bill Morris discusses The Age of Astonishment, his forthcoming nonfiction book about his grandfather, John Morris. In the century in which he lived, …
NewsThe Voyage of the USS Albatross
Many of us spent the summer fishing. But could overfishing be changing fish genetics?
NewsReplay: Holocaust Memory
Everyone remembers things differently. WGR takes you from D.C. to Poland for the many ways of commemorating the Holocaust.
