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5 unusual facts about Virginia Historical Society


Benjamin W. Leigh

Benjamin Watkins Leigh was a founding member (1831) of the Virginia Historical Society and first chairman of its standing committee.

Emma Gilham Page

The Virginia Historical Society at Richmond, Virginia has a photograph of her listed as "Mrs. William N. Page with child" in its archives collections.

Mary Virginia Terhune

She also spoke as a public lecturer and was the first woman elected to the Virginia Historical Society.

Virginia Historical Society

Virginia House, situated on a hillside overlooking the historic James River in Richmond, Virginia, was constructed by Alexander W. Weddell, U.S. ambassador to Spain and Argentina, and his wife, Virginia Weddell, in 1928 from the materials of a sixteenth-century English manor house previously standing in Warwick.

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The graphics include scanned art from notable sources, such as the Virginia Historical Society and NASA.



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