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“Every Other Interest was ‘Eclipsed'”: Norfolk’s Day in the Sun

I was fortunate enough to be able to visit family living in the path of totality for the solar eclipse on April 8. The day…

Nathan VerillaJune 3, 2024

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Poe, Richmond, and the Universe

Editor's Note: The Library of Virginia, in partnership with Virginia Humanities, sponsors residential fellows during the academic year to conduct in-depth research in the Library's…

Richard KopleyJanuary 16, 2019

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Awaiting the Great Path of Darkness – The Total Eclipse of 1900

On a Monday, in late May, 1900, a corner of Virginia, under clear skies, experienced not the partial eclipse we’ll experience here in the Commonwealth,…

Henry MorseAugust 18, 2017