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Give Credit To BaseballThe magazine article is about how the love of baseball has seemingly overrun the importance of Memorial Day. Claiming that people are no longer…
"Woe unto you hypocrites."This opinion piece criticizes public interest in the otherwise private dispute between Mason and McCarty. The anonymous author lambasts the public for…
"Join the Lee Navy Volunteers!" American Propaganda PosterThis poster depicts Robert E. Lee, a confederate general and native Virginian, used to encourage other Virginians to join the Lee Navy Volunteers…
Blind Boy Fuller PortraitPortrait of Blind Boy Fulleer, one of the most famous of the prre-war Piedmont Blues musicians, and one of John Jackson's insppirations
Map of Virginia - "Wet" and "Dry" And Comparative "Wet" and "Dry" United StatesThis map, from 1909, compares "wet" and "dry" counties in Virginia before the state went dry regarding alcohol. It also includes a comparison of the…
Code Duello 1777Late 18th century copy of The Irish Code Duello, with twenty-five rules.
Dueling ImageDuelists duel with pistols.
The Bladensburg Duelling GroundsPart of an article listing duels which took place at Bladensburg
Vietnamese Speaks on Viet-Nam- Broadside October 1969This article from the October 1969 Broadsides newspaper describes the experiences of a South Vietnamese soldier named Tran N. Duc.
Advertisement for Christiana Campbell's TavernAn advertisement in the Virginia Gazzette explaining the open Tavern located behind the Captiol.