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  1. First Round Draft Picks: ow.ly/bhfjC about 14 hours ago via HootSuite
  2. An English professor discovers he is descended from Virginia slaves on All Things Considered: ow.ly/bh7qb about 16 hours ago via HootSuite
  3. This day in Virginia history (Seven Pines, One Bullet edition): ow.ly/bgGLW about 19 hours ago via HootSuite
  4. Could the @NewYorker be wrong about former Sex Pistol John Lydon's new Civil War–inspired track?: ow.ly/bgIkB about 19 hours ago via HootSuite
  5. Thanks! RT @artofgb: Plate blurred by motion. Reblogged from @encyclopediaVA on @tumblr. tmblr.co/ZAdOfxMT_JFi about 20 hours ago via HootSuite
  6. On the blog, we find unexpected poetry in a Confederate soldier's letter home: ow.ly/bfS36 2:10 PM May 30th via HootSuite
  7. Thanks to the Daily Progress for citing us in their article about Henry Box Brown: ow.ly/bfeFe. Our entry: ow.ly/bfeNu 11:40 AM May 30th via HootSuite
  8. @marciamarcia Thanks for the follow—and for linking to our BSG piece! 8:59 AM May 30th via HootSuite in reply to marciamarcia
  9. See the document that Benedict Arnold signed today in 1778 swearing to defend the United States against King George III ow.ly/bfbq7 7:54 AM May 30th via HootSuite
  10. @motonmuseum Thanks for the retweet! 7:30 AM May 30th via HootSuite in reply to MotonMuseum
  11. This day in Virginia history (Bold and Truthful Speech edition): ow.ly/bf6xC 6:52 AM May 30th via HootSuite
  12. This day in Virginia history (Studley edition): ow.ly/be4hO 2:35 PM May 29th via HootSuite
  13. Happy birthday, Patrick Henry: ow.ly/bdCE5 9:42 AM May 29th via HootSuite
  14. Check out these advertisements printed on facsimiles of Confederate bills: ow.ly/b9FSu 11:50 AM May 25th via HootSuite
  15. The dapper editor of the Southern Literary Messenger is making our editorial department feel sartorially inadequate: ow.ly/b9v2l 10:15 AM May 25th via HootSuite
  16. @leefendallhouse Thank you! 9:01 AM May 25th via HootSuite in reply to leefendallhouse
  17. An excerpt from a New Yorker article about a trip to Colonial Williamsburg. Sounds like things haven't changed much: ow.ly/b9uic 8:25 AM May 25th via HootSuite
  18. In which Jefferson Davis receives a message from a strange correspondent: the Devil. See the letter here: ow.ly/b7QAz 8:50 AM May 24th via HootSuite
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