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Successful James Monroe Lecture
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The audience at the 2012 James Monroe Lecture, having their myths of the War of 1812 dispelled. |
Don Hickey, professor history at Wayne State College in Nebraska, presented the most successful James Monroe Lecture in several years, drawing an audience of more than 100 people to his talk on "What We Know that Ain't So: Myths of the War of 1812!"
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Celtic goods for sale at the 2012 Welsh Festival. |
Pictures and Video from the 2012 Welsh Festival
The 2012 Fredericksburg Welsh Festival was a resounding success! Thank you to the Welsh Society of Fredericksburg for co-sponsoring, and to all who came out to celebrate the history and culture of Wales with us. Visit our website to see a gallery of images from the day and our YouTube channel to see some videos!
Join the Welsh Society of Fredericksburg to get in touch with your inner Welshness! |
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JMM Featured in Virginia Living
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Rembrandt Peale's portrait of JM, c. 1817-25.
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The magazine profiled our loan of the Rembrandt Peale portrait of Monroe to the Virginia Executive Mansion in its October 2012 issue!
Read the article here.
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2012-2013 Bowley Scholars
The James Monroe Museum is proud to announce our two Bowley Scholars this year - Candice Roland and Sarah Mendelsohn. Both Candice and Sarah are juniors at Mary Washington and have already dived head-on into a number of curatorial tasks. This year, the Bowleys will be working on digital imaging of collections, loan organization, education, and exhibit development. Please join us in welcoming our new Bowley Scholars! |
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Membership Appeal
 2012 marks the 85th anniversary of the museum's founding and has already seen two exciting developments: the acquisition of a document representing the earliest-known example of James Monroe's signature, and the important loan of the Rembrandt Peale portrait of Monroe to the Virginia Governor's Mansion.
In recognition of this milestone year, we are running a special membership appeal. We are asking each member of the Friends of the James Monroe Museum to recruit at least one new member. As a thank-you, old and new members will be invited to a special reception with the UMW Board of Visitors in November.
We hope you will help us grow our museum family and make 2012 a banner year!
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