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Virginia Daughter Keeps It "All in the Family" with New WBTS Book Fairfax Chapter member Mary Schaller, well known to Daughters and War Between the States enthusiasts as the author of Papa Was a Boy in Gray and Beloved Enemy, has taken on a new writing partner.
Virginia Division UDC loses special friend Ex-Historian General Vicki Kaye Heilig passed away on May 2, 2007, in her hometown of Salisbury, North Carolina. The General Organization has established a scholarship in Vicki's memory to be awarded to a graduate student in Confederate studies at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.
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Marse Robert Rides Again A childhood toy from the 1950's brings back memories of a time when Confederate heroes were everyone's heroes.
Educator Turned Soldier Saved Virginia's Oldest College from Wartime Ruin The College of William and Mary in Virginia, a nationally recognized institution of higher learning founded in 1693, is known as the alma mater of Thomas Jefferson and the home of Phi Beta Kappa and the collegiate honor code. What most people do not know is that there would be no William and Mary today without the determination and dedication of one Confederate soldier.
The Thin Gray Line: Confederate Veterans in the New South The Veterans of Foreign Wars have taken an insightful look at the difficult position in which former Confederate soldiers found themselves in the years following Appomattox and what they did about it.
Virginia's Generals Although the generals who commanded the Confederate armies hailed from across the South, perhaps no other state supplied as many of the Confederacy's leading military lights as the Old Dominion.
Teddy Roosevelt Speaks Out In 1905, President Theodore Roosevelt and his wife made a tour of the South. His remarks are even more compelling today than they were 95 years ago and should be taken to heart by all Americans.