Stonewall Jackson's Early Years Orphaned at an early age, Stonewall Jackson spent his youth struggling for identity and striving for acceptance from family, friends, and teachers. An awkward teacher and quirky citizen, Stonewall Jackson left the quiet college town of Lexington, Va. to join Virginia's Army of the Potomac. Within months, Jackson established himself as an unmatched tactician, whose campaigns remain a centerpiece of military education today. The Man, The Soldier, The Legend , joins VMI historian Cash Koeniger for a discussion of Jackson's brilliance on the battlefield and the lasting legacy of his military strategies. The National Legacy of a President James Monroe is one of the most understudied, underrated presidents in American history.
Today there is a Virginia consortium dedicated to remedying that condition.
Mary Washington College historic preservation professor John Pearce and Dan Preston , the editor of the Monroe Papers at William and Mary, discuss Monroe's presidency and legacy. A Celebration of Black History Month Negro History Week was extended to Black History Month in 1976. Historians Edgar Toppin of VSU and Cassandra Newby of NSU join former Virginia Governor Douglas Wilder , now a political scientist at VCU, to discuss the origins of this annual celebration and what it has accomplished in the past 20 years.