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- Be Your Own Williamsburg Tour Guide
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Dates: 2/4/2026 - 3/18/2026
Times: 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Days: W
Sessions: 6
Building: School of Education
Room: Room 1056
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- How Britain Came to Lose Its American Colonies
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Dates: 2/24/2026 - 3/17/2026
Times: 9:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Days: Tu
Sessions: 3
Building: Campus Center
Room: Little Theatre
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- City of Washington: The Origin and History of the Federal City
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Dates: 2/26/2026 - 3/19/2026
Times: 9:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Days: Th
Sessions: 3
Building: Campus Center
Room: Little Theatre
This course opens with the origin of the new Seat of Government of the United States in 1791, then take you through the physical development and the significant events in the City of Washington through the 19th and 20th centuries to the present. The course will focus on what is known as the Monumental Core, which includes the National Mall and various surrounding federal buildings, monuments, and other features. Whether you lived in the DC area for many years, or only visited the city as a tourist – or maybe not at all – you are sure to learn something new.
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- NEW! Reconstruction to Byrd: Virginia Politics, 1865-1925
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Dates: 3/23/2026 - 4/6/2026
Times: 9:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Days: M
Sessions: 3
Building: School of Education
Room: Room 2030
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- Presidential Sites: A Travelogue
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Dates: 3/25/2026 - 4/8/2026
Times: 9:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Days: W
Sessions: 3
Building: Campus Center
Room: Little Theatre
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- NEW! “Peace With Honor”: Nixon’s Vietnam War 1968-1973
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Dates: 3/25/2026 - 4/15/2026
Times: 9:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Days: W
Sessions: 4
Building: School of Education
Room: Room 1056
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- The Battle of Hampton Roads: USS Monitor vs. CSS Virginia
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Dates: 3/26/2026 - 4/2/2026
Times: 9:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Days: Th
Sessions: 2
Building: School of Education
Room: Room 1056
The Battle of Hampton Roads, 8-9 March 1862, was instrumental in both the Civil War and future of naval warfare. It was the first battle in history between ironclads: the Union’s USS Monitor and the Confederacy’s CSS Virginia (not the Merrimack).
Week 1 is a 2-hour classroom lecture on the path that led to war, construction of the two ships, the battle, and its aftermath. Week 2 is a 2-hour guided tour of the USS Monitor Center at the Mariners’ Museum in Newport News.
Suggested reading: Our Little Monitor: The Greatest Invention of the Civil War (Kent State University Press, 2018) by Anna Gibson Holloway and Jonathan W. White; The Monitor Boys, The Crew of the Union’s First Ironclad (History Press, 2011) by John V. Quarstein
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- NEW! Learning U.S. History through the Lives of the Presidents
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Dates: 3/26/2026 - 3/26/2026
Times: 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Days: Th
Sessions: 1
Building: Online – Zoom
Room: Zoom Link - Emailed Day Prior
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- Forging a New Nation: Pivotal Moments in American History (1783-1803)
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Dates: 3/26/2026 - 4/9/2026
Times: 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Days: Th
Sessions: 3
Building: Campus Center
Room: Little Theatre
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- NEW! Revolutionary Ideas in Thought, Action, and Reaction
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Dates: 3/27/2026 - 4/10/2026
Times: 9:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Days: F
Sessions: 3
Building: Online – Zoom
Room: Zoom Link - Emailed Day Prior
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- NEW! Andrew Dexter, Jr. and America’s First Bank Scandal
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Dates: 4/2/2026 - 4/2/2026
Times: 9:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Days: Th
Sessions: 1
Building: W&M Alumni House
Room: Leadership Hall
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- NEW! Watergate: The Political Scandal that Brought Down a President
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Dates: 4/2/2026 - 4/2/2026
Times: 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Days: Th
Sessions: 1
Building: Online – Zoom
Room: Zoom Link - Emailed Day Prior
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- Bring Your Own Book: The U.S. History, Pre-1878, Non-Fiction Book Club
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Dates: 4/13/2026 - 4/13/2026
Times: 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Days: M
Sessions: 1
Building: Campus Center
Room: Room 31
"Have you read a good book recently? Do you want to tell others? Is the book nonfiction? Is it about a time in United States history prior to 1878? Do you want to learn about similar books from Osher students?
If you are answering yes to all questions, you belong in this class. Each student brings an open mind and ears, plus a readiness to discuss their required reading book choice that is / non-fiction / about U.S. history / covers a time prior to 1878 /
Classroom experience: Students discuss the book they read, listen to others talk about their book, reference in-class handouts, and make notes. The instructor facilitates the discussion. Students may disagree about books. However, they do so with respectful disagreement, rather than disagreeableness."
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- History of U.S. Border Security and Immigration Control
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Dates: 4/14/2026 - 4/28/2026
Times: 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Days: Tu
Sessions: 3
Building: School of Education
Room: Room 2030
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- History and the Diplomat
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Dates: 4/14/2026 - 4/28/2026
Times: 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Days: Tu
Sessions: 3
Building: Swem Library
Room: Ford Classroom
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- NEW! Washington Irving, the Author and His World
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Dates: 4/15/2026 - 4/29/2026
Times: 9:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Days: W
Sessions: 3
Building: Campus Center
Room: Little Theatre
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- NEW! The Revolution Grows Up: From Revolutionary Zeal to a Working Republic
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Dates: 4/17/2026 - 5/1/2026
Times: 9:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Days: F
Sessions: 3
Building: Campus Center
Room: Little Theatre
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- NEW! Revolutionary Ideas or Reactionary Interpretation
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Dates: 4/17/2026 - 5/1/2026
Times: 9:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Days: F
Sessions: 3
Building: Online – Zoom
Room: Zoom Link - Emailed Day Prior
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- The Lincoln Murder Conspiracies
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Dates: 4/23/2026 - 4/23/2026
Times: 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Days: Th
Sessions: 1
Building: School of Education
Room: Room 1056
Although the “formal” historical record of Lincoln’s assassination clearly established that John Wilkes Booth and a small cohort of followers murdered Abraham Lincoln and attempted to kill other high government officials, a number of different – and captivating – conspiracies theories have emerged, gained traction, and achieved varying levels of prominence and support over the past 158 years. This course will endeavor to “unpack” these major conspiracy theories and probe their geneses as well as the “evidence” supporting each of the seven major conspiracy theories associated with the assassination of Lincoln.
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- NEW! How American Lacemakers Supported the Revolution
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Dates: 4/29/2026 - 4/29/2026
Times: 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Days: W
Sessions: 1
Building: Virginia Greens
Room: Theatre
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- Virginia's Road to Revolution: Episode IV: Independence Deferred
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Dates: 5/1/2026 - 5/1/2026
Times: 9:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Days: F
Sessions: 1
Building: Williamsburg Regional Library
Room: Theatre
NOTE:
- Though not required, participants will benefit from having attended Episodes I, II, and III
- Prior Episodes I, II, and III participants who register early for Fall will be automatically seated in this episode (IV) IF they rank this course as their No. 1 or No. 2 lottery preference
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- NEW! Virginia’s Road to Revolution: Episode V: Absolved from all Allegiance
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Dates: 5/8/2026 - 5/15/2026
Times: 9:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Days: F
Sessions: 2
Building: Williamsburg Regional Library
Room: Theatre
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- NEW! Unknown Extraordinary Women and Their Contributions
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Dates: 5/12/2026 - 5/12/2026
Times: 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Days: Tu
Sessions: 1
Building: W&M Alumni House
Room: Leadership Hall
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