Ladies and Gentlemen,

 

A colleague of mine recently showed me a 1961 brochure for the Virginia
Centennial Center.  The brochure included an image of a diorama
depicting the explosion of the mine at Petersburg, July 30, 1864.  I
understand that some of the exhibits from the Center went to the Hall of
Valor in New Market.  I recently visited the Hall of Valor and if it was
there its presence didn't make an impression on my failing memory.  Does
anyone know the fate of "The Crater" diorama?

 

Thanks in advance for your help.

 

Regards,

Andrew H. Talkov

Exhibition Coordinator for Virginia's Civil War Sesquicentennial

Virginia Historical Society

428 N. Boulevard

P.O. Box 7311

Richmond, Virginia 23221-0311

Phone: 804-340-2276

Fax:  804-342-9697

Email:  [log in to unmask]

 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Discussion of research and writing about Virginia history
[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Martha Katz-Hyman
Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2008 11:01 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: [VA-HIST] NY Times essay

 

At the risk of reopening another round of heated discussion, I would
call

list members' attention to an essay about Mildred and Richard Loving by

Brent Staples that appears in today's NY Times:
http://tinyurl.com/6zy4rg.

 

There may--and probably will--be differences of opinion regarding his

references to TJ, and to other aspects of the Lovings' case.  But I
found

his "story behind the story" very interesting and a reminder to all of
us

who work in history, whether as amateurs (which, after all, means those
who

love something for its own sake) or as professionals (those who earn
their

living at it) that the past is as complex a place as today is, and it is
our

obligation to make that understood to our wider audiences, whoever and

wherever they are.

 

Martha Katz-Hyman

 

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