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| House Divided: Lincoln's Speech at Cooper Union IIIn New York to make the speech of his political life on the afternoon of February 27, 1860, Abraham Lincoln stopped by Matthew Brady’s Broadway studio to have his picture taken.Grades 9-12 History-Social Science |
| House Divided III: Spencer Repeating Rifle PatentedOn March 6, 1860, young Christopher M. Spencer was issued his first patent for a breech-loading repeating rifle. This weapon would become one of the most trusted, popular and perhaps decisive of the War Between the States.Grades 6-8 | 9-12 History-Social Science |
| LFM: Walt WhitmanBy chronicling the lives of working men in whose vocations he apprenticed as a youth, Walt Whitman is perhaps best known as the "Poet of Democracy." He would later portray the heroic and tragic adventure of war, detailing the crushed dreams, lingering hopes, and heartbreak of soldiers, both North and South, in the republic’s greatest epic...the American Civil War.Grades 9-12 English | History-Social Science |
| LFM: George Henry Sharpe I (Union Spy Chief)When General Joseph “Fightin’ Joe” Hooker took over the Army of the Potomac in early 1863, he realized he was fighting blind. For the task of "commanders' eyes," Hooker recruited George Henry Sharpe, an attorney from Kingston, New York. Sharpe was a dedicated leader, conscientious and efficient, characteristics which would be put to good use when Hooker approached him in 1863 to head the new Bureau of Military Intelligence.Grades 9-12 History-Social Science |
| LFM: George Henry Sharpe II (Union Spy Chief)George Henry Sharpe, head of the Bureau of Military Intelligence, through the systematic assembly and analysis of data from multiple sources, provided Union commanders their "eyes," as well as a substantial edge, in the last two years of the Civil War.Grades 9-12 History-Social Science |
| Lincoln and Re-ElectionIn 1864, with the country mired in a Civil War, the re-election of President Abraham Lincoln was by no means assured.Grades 6-8 | 9-12 History-Social Science |
| Hollywood during the Civil WarIt’s thought that the first Virginian who died in the civil war was buried in Hollywood Cemetery. He was a young man, not even twenty when he was cut down on the battlefield. His body was ceremonially escorted across the countryside and placed in Hollywood during a solemn but reverent occasion.Grades 3-5 | 6-8 | 9-12 History-Social Science |
| Well Known Hollywood ResidentsOver 75,000 people are buried at Hollywood Cemetery. Before the middle of the twentieth century, the vast majority of private burials were for white and well to do citizens. Most are ordinary people, but national figures also reside there.Grades 3-5 | 6-8 | 9-12 Health |
| Reconstruction and Memorial DayAfter the war white Richmonders, sought comfort within the confines of reconstruction. With little or no money at hand, they tried to regain their composure any way they could. Many citizens turned their attention towards Hollywood.Grades 3-5 | 6-8 | 9-12 History-Social Science |
| Myanmar's Struggle: Burma IIAfter three Anglo-Burmese wars in the nineteenth century, Myanmar, better known as Burma, was forced to become a province of British India.Grades 9-12 History-Social Science |
