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  1. RT @vahistorical: Great New York Times article about the VHS John Brown exhibit: http://tinyurl.com/ykwab5l. Check it out!!
  2. RT @amhistorymuseum: Today in 1864: Battle of Cedar Creek. Winchester, General Philip Sheridan's horse, was there: http://ow.ly/uzTc
  3. Today marks the 150th anniversary of abolitionist John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry http://www.wtop.com/?nid=25...
  4. RT @Boy_Monday: This day in 1755: Robert Dinwiddie appoints 22-year-old George Washington commander-in-chief of all Virginia troops.
  5. Welcoming the Virginia Historical Society to Twitter! @vahistorical
  6. Virginia Freedman's Bureau records of former slaves, 1815-1866, now online: http://tinyurl.com/nlws63
  7. RT @Jurretta If you want to ride the Hatton Ferry across the James before it stops forever: http://www.hattonferry.org/
  8. Thus it begins! 2010 Virginia Forum Call for Papers: http://www.virginiaforum.or...
  9. Meriwether Lewis' family seeks help in quest to exhume body: http://tinyurl.com/pgy2qm
  10. Memorial Day finds its origins in Petersburg? http://bit.ly/3HmPKT
  11. Preservation VA: Wilderness Battlefield and Colonial Heights Baptist Church among most endangered historic sites in VA http://is.gd/BmqB
  12. 145 years ago today, 257 cadets from Virginia Military Institute took part in the Battle of New Market. http://tinyurl.com/qdp9dq
  13. Happy 402nd anniversary of the landing at Jamestown Island (yeah, yeah, I know Old Style dates are a factor).
  14. To fight your post-Historic Garden Week malaise, you may want to read the recent _Virginia's Historic Homes and Gardens_: http://is.gd/tLlO
  15. Charles F. Bryan, Jr., former president of the Virginia Historical Society, named Outstanding Virginian http://tinyurl.com/dl3hdk
  16. Report from the inaugural of the Virginia Sesquicentennial of The American Civil War Commission, re: the eve of war, 1859 http://is.gd/vBcz
  17. A tremendous #vaforum09 held at Longwood--many thanks to the presenters and all involved in local arrangements. See you next year at CNU!
  18. One last #vaforum09 note: get a recap of some of the sessions here: http://search.twitter.com/s...
  19. A tremendous #vaforum held at Longwood--many thanks to the presenters and all involved in local arrangements. See you next year at CNU!
  20. The first day has drawn to an end with an excellent dinner. Thank you Lara, Longwood, and the presenters for a great day! #vaforum09