Virginia Institute for American History
Thursday, June 18, 2020

History of Juneteenth - the End of Slavery

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“Juneteenth is the oldest nationally celebrated commemoration of the ending of slavery in the United States. Dating back to 1865, it was...
Sunday, March 22, 2020

The Pox and the Covenant

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"Tony Williams tells a rollicking good story about the contagious crisis experienced by Colonial America. The Pox and the Covenant is...
Thursday, December 12, 2019

Impeachment and the U.S. Constitution

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What does the U.S. Constitution say about Impeachment?  Article One, Section Two : “The House of Representatives shall choose their S...
Friday, November 22, 2019

Quotes from John F. Kennedy

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John F. Kennedy (born May 29, 1917) was the 35th President of the United States (1961-1963), and at age 43, the youngest man ever elected ...
Tuesday, October 22, 2019

The Color of Jefferson's World

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By: Norlene M. Gowdy Much has been written about Thomas Jefferson’s mountain-top home of Monticello, the timeless showcase of Jefferso...
Thursday, October 17, 2019

The Puritan Ethic and the American Revolution

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Edmund S. Morgan, Ph.D. (1916-2013), Sterling Professor of American History Emeritus at Yale University, was “an award-winning historian ...
Tuesday, October 1, 2019

Alexander Hamilton & the American Republic

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“I consider civil liberty, in a genuine unadulterated sense, as the greatest of terrestrial blessings. I am convinced, that the whole hum...
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