Summer 2021

Inside The Issue

The Botanist and Citizen Genêt

Frenchman André Michaux just wanted to discover American plants but was caught in international intrigue

by Lee Alan Dugatkin

| July 20, 2021

11 Minute Read

‘This was the Bray School’

Discovering the 18th-century school for Black children and the meaning of the education provided there

by Paul Aron

| July 20, 2021

12 Minute Read

Pear Fanfare

Today’s varieties belie the fruit’s fussy reputation in the 18th century

By Barbara Rust Brown

| July 20, 2021

8 Minute Read

Hear My Voice

Program fleshes out stories of lesser-known residents of Williamsburg

by Nicole Trifone

| July 20, 2021

10 Minute Read

The Political Community in Virginia

Suffrage was often at the center of Virginia’s constitutional convention debates

by A.E. Dick Howard

| September 20, 2021

13 Minute Read