A little over a month ago, when the U.Va. football team was preparing to face Auburn in the Chick-fil-A Bowl in Atlanta, much was being made about Auburn’s supposedly having adopted U.Va.’s orange-and-blue school colors, thanks to a former Wahoo who we... »
In this podcast, local historian Rick Britton talks about Thomas Walker, Walker's relationship with Thomas Jefferson, and how Walker came to establish the town of Charlottesville. »
Meg Kennedy talks about Dolley Madison's wonderful, and welcoming, influence over the White House in the early days of the Republic. Listen and learn about our nation's first "First Lady!" Part 4 of 5. »
In this episode, Dan talks to Rick by telephone as he walks historic Pickett's charge, the climatic conclusion to the Civil War's Battle of Gettysburg. Roughly 1/2 of the 440 soldiers from Charlottesville and Albemarle were killed or wounded in just on... »
Join Jeff Looney, Senior Editor of the Papers of Thomas Jefferson: Retirement Series, for "Jefferson Through the Eyes of His Family" Part 2 of 5. »
Mom came to town this past weekend, and we DID IT UP. She hadn't been to Charlottesville in decades (my great aunt and uncle used to live off Hydraulic) so we had to get her all caught up. Here's the run down on what we did:Downtown Mall - of course. T... »
Join us for this new five part series entitled "Virginia History 201: Jefferson, Madison, and Monroe, A Dynasty of Friends". Entitled "James Monroe at the Battle of Trenton," Our first installment describes how the future 5th president of the United St... »
Singer, Actor and civil rights activist Harry Belafonte visited the University of Virginia Monday to discuss the civil rights movement with staff and students. »
