From Wings to Waves: The Artwork of Maureen Stewart
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The new veteran art exhibit, From Wings to Waves: The Artwork of Maureen Stewart, will be on display in the Virginia War Memorial’s Veterans’ Art …
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ONLINE-The Hürtgen Forest: Prelude to the Battle of the Bulge
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From September 1944 to February 1945, American forces fought to contain the German army in the Hürtgen Forest in an attempt to keep the Germans …
Sips on the Skyline 2021
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Join the Virginia War Memorial Foundation during September, Virginia Spirits Month, as we welcome back everyone’s favorite fall event, Sips on the Skyline. Early Bird …
ONLINE – World War II: Voices from Captivity
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Petty Officer 2/C Earl Anderson wrote from Japan in 1943, “We work, time passes fast. Although it’s been over a year since taken prisoner, it …
Lunch-&-Learn: Post-War Czechoslovakia, Communist Coup and the Cold War Exile
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Join historian and political scientist Martin Nekola as he discusses all aspects of the Czechoslovak Cold War exile. Czechoslovakia was liberated from the Nazis in …
ONLINE – Artist Spotlight: Maureen Stewart
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Maureen Stewart is an artist, designer and Air Force veteran who uses her work to foster collective compassion, solidarity and hope. In response to the …
ONLINE – Artist Spotlight: “Clutch: bloodangel_47”
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Clutch is a Richmond native, combat-wounded Army veteran and multimedia creator who has developed a career spanning two decades as a tattoo artist, photographer and …
Artist Spotlight: Dash Shaw
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Richmond native, Dash Shaw, is an award-winning cartoonist, animator, writer and director. His most recent feature film, Cryptozoo, received the NEXT Innovator Prize at the …
Who They Were: Lives Worth Knowing
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The Memorial’s walls are engraved with the names of nearly 12,000 military veterans from Virginia who perished in combat during World War II; the wars …
