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The exhibit, Virginia Tech in the 1960s, is a project stemming from student research in HIST 2984 A Nation Divided: America in the 1960s. This exhibit explores the evolving nature of student life at Virginia Tech (then known as VPI) over the course of the 1960s. Using the student newspaper, The Virginia Tech, as our base, the panels highlight events and trends that defined the student experience: everything from dating and socializing, to student government and student-faculty relations, to race relations and responses to the Vietnam War. By placing these stories within the larger historical context of that time, it becomes clear that although Virginia Tech students were, in many ways, far from the center of the social, cultural, and political tumult that characterized much of the 1960s, they were not immune to the changes and conflicts that the decade ushered in. 2018/05/01 - 2018/08/10

April 14, 2015 marks the 150th anniversary of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln in the last days of the Civil War. As the first presidential assassination in United States history, Lincolns death sent shockwaves across the globe. American soldiers, politicians, and civilians mourned for Lincoln and breathlessly awaited news of the capture of his assassin, actor John Wilkes Booth. After his death, Lincoln became a powerful symbol that generations of Americans mobilized in their struggles for freedom and equality. Displaying objects and documents drawn from Newman Librarys Special Collections, this exhibition focuses on the reaction to Lincolns assassination as well as Lincolns enduring legacy in American life. Featured items include letters, diaries, and newspapers reporting on the assassination and its aftermath, relics such as fabric from Lincolns coffin, and a book by Virginia Techs first president and noted Lincoln despiser, Charles L.C. Minor. The exhibition also includes videos produced by students in History 2984, Abraham Lincoln: The Man, the Myth, the Legend. This exhibition is part of a series of events commemorating Abraham Lincoln in Spring 2015 sponsored by the Virginia Center for Civil War Studies. On February 14, the VCCWS will screen Young Mr. Lincoln at the Lyric Theatre. On April 10-11, five internationally-renowned historians of Lincoln and the Civil War will discuss Lincoln in a symposium entitled Lincoln in Our Time. For more information, please visit www.civilwar.vt.edu. 2015/03/02 - 2015/04/15