A stop at the Virginia Museum of History and Culture in Richmond, VA.
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| Main entrance to the Virginia Museum of History and Culture |
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| CANstruction Build Day is an American Institute of Architects/AIA event where local firms create sculptures out of nonperishable foods, which is then donated to the needy; this is Give Me Liber-tea! Or Give Me Decaf! (by Kahler Slater) |
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| United States Flag and Liberty Bell (by Gresham Slater and Clark Construction) |
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| Everyone is Awesome Lego Kit (2021) |
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| George Washington's Diary (1790-1791) |
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| Lunch Counter and Stools from Richmond’s F W Woolworth Store (site of a sit-in to protest racial discrimination in 1960) |
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| Products developed in Virginia: Chap Stick, Robitussin, and Reynolds Wrap |
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| Child Under a Tree, Virginia (1956, by Rockwell Kent) |
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| Natural Bridge (1882, by Flavius Fisher) |
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| M18A1 Apers (Claymore) Bag (1970) is normally used by the military to carry mines and accessories, but this was used by Susan Bradshaw McClean to carry supplies to men in the field who gave her pins in appreciation |
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| Photo of opposite side of M18A1 Apers (Claymore) Bag |
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| Portable Pulpit (1989, by Anderson Johnson) |
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| Detail of cane carvings: Rainbow Snake (1989) and Backyard Birds (2004), both by Norman Amos |
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| Rye grass basket with oak handle (late 1800s to early 1900s, maker unknown) |
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| Two-gallon still (c 1920s, maker unknown) |
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| First Model pistol (1805-1811, by Virginia Manufactory of Arms) |
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| Statue (1909, by Edward V Valentine) of General Robert E Lee, which was one of two statues (the other is George Washington) from Virginia in the US Capitol National Statuary Hall until 2020, when removed by Virginia; to be replaced by a statue honoring civil rights activist Barbara Johns |
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| Confederate Memorial Military Murals (1921, by Charles Hoffbauer) in situ in the south wing of Battle Abbey, which was taken over by the Virginia Historical Society and integrated into the current museum; shown is a side panel of 'Spring' titled Hospital Train, with the only Black person and the only women in the entire cycle; also seen is 'Summer'/Lee and His Generals |
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| The only artifact belonging to Arthur Ashe was this tennis racquet (late 20C) and a photo with the caption that he was the first African-American to win the World Championship (tennis singles) in 1975 |
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| Reindeer fur parka made for Richard Byrd, reputedly the first man to fly over the North Pole in 1926, and undoubtedly the first to fly over the South Pole in November 1929 |
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| The Great Yehakin at Werowocomoco: a model of a yehakin/Powhatan chief's house (late 17C-early 18C) |
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| Judicial robe (c 1801, silk) worn by US Supreme Court Chief Justice John Marshall |
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| John Brown's Pike (1859), one of 1,000 he ordered to arm participants in his planned slave uprising |
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| John Brown's Bowie Knife (1859) was taken from him by Lt J E B Stuart when Brown was captured trying to seize rifles from the arsenal in Harper's Ferry, WV |
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| Ku Klux Klan hood (c 1920) worn by the members of the white supremacist group who used violence and intimidation to terrorize Blacks, immigrants, and others; activity peaked in the 1920s with a resurgence during the civil rights movement, and again in response to the first Black president of the US |
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| Battle Abbey (1912 for the Confederate Memorial Association to house the Confederate Memorial Military Murals) was taken over by the Virginia Historical Society in 1946; additions were built in 1998 and 2006 and renovations made in 2017 and 2022 resulted in the current progressive museum |
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| Stairs led down to Chiocca's sandwich shop where we had lunch |
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| We visited the extraordinary family of our "favorite nephew" and saw his handiwork in the bedroom of Felix: the Star Wars Millennium Falcon cockpit |
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| Meanwhile, Fiona has her own wonderland |
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