December 2024 Issue
Maker Designs Miniatures for Historic Landmarks Across Virginia
Richard McClintock’s second career as a miniature model-maker was born of intuition and serendipity. After 40 years teaching Latin and Western Civilization at Hampden-Sydney College and a gig as director of publications, he retired in 2012. That August, he took a trip with his wife to Blacksburg, where she checked into a conference for the […]
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Secretariat is Home at Last and Cast in Bronze
People call Secretariat Virginia’s greatest athlete for good reason. The thoroughbred racehorse, foaled near Ashland at Meadow Stables, not only won the American Triple Crown in 1973 but set and still holds the record in all three of its races. Yet, until recently, all monuments dedicated to Big Red were found outside his home state. […]
Restoration of 17-Century Ship in Virginia Sets Sails
—By Katie Farthing With the winds of hope and prosperity filling its sails, the Susan Constant landed at Jamestown in 1607 with 54 Englishmen aboard hoping for glory and gold. Fast forward 400 years, the original three-masted square rig has long since disappeared, but her lore has remained a vital connection to Virginia’s past, […]
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