Lineage, Land, and Legacy: Early Northern Neck Families and Their Beginnings
This blog is by Walker Hatch, VCU history major and Menokin spring 2025 intern. As the economic viability of the Virginia colony became clear, prominent lineages of English gentlemen took notice. After the South bank of the Potomac River was officially patented by the Virginia colony in 1648, those fleeing from the conflict in Maryland […]
Behind the Scenes of Virginia & the Vietnam War with guest curator Emilie Raymond
As guest curator, Emilie Raymond, Ph.D., published a series of “behind the scenes” Instagram posts about the exhibit “Virginia & the Vietnam War” on display at the Virginia Museum of History and culture to highlight the 50th anniversary of the Fall of Saigon (April 30, 2025). The exhibit will be at the VMHC until July […]
Cataloging Richmond’s Jewish History
This blog is by Mary Moody McLean, M.A. in History and a Certificate in Public History December 2023. Below the staircase at Beth Ahabah Museum and Archives (BAMA) rests a large stone with unnatural craters. These dents resulted from bullets fired by the Nazi Sturmabteilung paramilitary and Schutzstaffel paramilitary forces on November 9, 1938 in […]
