All events are free and take place from noon until 1 PM in the conference rooms at the Library of Virginia unless otherwise noted. |
Wednesday, August 24, 2011
Time: 5:30-7:30 PM
Place: The Virginia Shop, 804-692-3524
"Books on Broad" Featuring Ellen Crosby: The Sauvignon Secret
Virginia author Ellen Crosby will join us for the release of her newest wine country mystery, The Sauvignon Secret, featuring vintner sleuth Lucie Montgomery. The evening will include samplings of Virginia wines. Light refreshments (wine and cheese) will be served followed by author talk and book signing. |
Saturday–Monday, September 3–5, 2011
Closed for Labor Day Holiday weekend |
Thursday, September 15, 2011
Virginia Divided: The Forgotten First Campaign
Hunter Lesser, a native West Virginian and a consulting archaeologist and historical interpreter, will discuss how the mountains of Western Virginia were a proving ground for soldiers and statesmen in 1861. Here Generals George McClellan and Robert E. Lee squared off in the opening campaign of America’s Civil War. While armies battled, Virginia Unionists defied the Confederates in Richmond by forging a new state government in Wheeling. Soldiers, civilians, and politicians come to life in this overlooked but compelling chapter of Virginia history. |
Friday, September 16, 2011
Display of the Virginia’s Copy of the Bill of Rights
In commemoration of Constitution Week the Library of Virginia will display one of the Commonwealth’s treasures—Virginia’s1789 manuscript copy of the Bill of Rights, one of only 12 surviving original signed copies of the document. This piece of Virginia’s and the nation’s history is rarely on public display. At noon there will be a reading of the Bill of Rights by a costumed town crier. |
Saturday, September 17, 2011
Display of the Virginia’s Copy of the Bill of Rights
In commemoration of Constitution Week the Library of Virginia will display one of the Commonwealth’s treasures—Virginia’s1789 manuscript copy of the Bill of Rights, one of only 12 surviving original signed copies of the document. This piece of Virginia’s and the nation’s history is rarely on public display. |
Through Saturday, October 29, 2011
Time: Monday–Saturday, 9:00 AM–5:00 PM
Place: Exhibition Gallery and Lobby Cases
Union or Secession: Virginians Decide
Virginia was central to American identity for its role in the founding of the United States and its political principles. Both the Confederacy and the Union wanted to claim Virginia’s historical legacy. Union or Secession explores what Virginians thought and debated as the crisis unfolded.
Through letters, journals, newspapers, official documents and correspondence, and maps and broadsides, Union or Secession offers insight into the complex and conflicting geographic, cultural, economic, and political factors that faced Virginians in 1860 and early 1861. The exhibition shows that Virginians' choice on the question of secession was far from certain as dramatic moves were being made outside the state. |
Through Saturday, October 29, 2011
Time: Monday–Saturday, 8:00 AM–5:00 PM and Sundays, 1:00–5:00 PM
Place: Virginia State Capitol Visitor Center
The Struggle to Decide: Virginia’s Secession Crisis
An exhibition presented by the Library of Virginia
In the aftermath of the election of Abraham Lincoln as U.S. president in 1860, and the beginning of the secession crisis in December 1860, Virginia had a fateful choice to make: Would it remain in, or secede from, the United States of America? In Virginia, the General Assembly called for a state convention to act for Virginia during the crisis. Meeting in February 1861, the 152 men elected to the convention faced the terrible task of deciding the fate of Virginia, and perhaps the nation.
The Struggle to Decide exhibition examines the actions taken by convention delegates and the governor that had a profound effect on Richmond and the Virginia State Capitol. |
