Historian Edward Bonekemper examines his selections of the best Union and Confederate generals of the Civil War—looking at their strategies, tactics, audacity, and impacts on the war's outcome and discusses the campaigns and battles of each.

Attire tells us something about the history of a period, and the Costume Design Center at Williamsburg tells us a lot about Colonial attire. Begin the day with a behind-the-scenes tour of the center. Tour leader Dixie Rettig is a textile historian and conservator. She will have textiles from her collection and will discuss conservation.

Guided by Civil War historian Ed Bearss, participants on this tour stop first at the Petersburg National Battlefield visitors center. Bearss then leads a walk of the Battery 5 area, the strongest fortification on the original Confederate line.

Member Pricing Only (includes book): In this special evening, President Jimmy Carter reflects on the entries of the personal diary he kept during his White House years and offers an intimate view of the people and events that shaped his presidency, and on the many lessons learned.

Member Pricing Only (no book) In this special evening, President Jimmy Carter reflects on the entries of the personal diary he kept during his White House years and offers an intimate view of the people and events that shaped his presidency, and on the many lessons learned.

General Admission Pricing (no book): In this special evening, President Jimmy Carter reflects on the entries of the personal diary he kept during his White House years and offers an intimate view of the people and events that shaped his presidency, and on the many lessons learned.

Walk around the outside of the U.S. Capitol passing in front of the House and Senate office buildings, Madison and Jefferson buildings of the Library of Congress, and Supreme Court. Hear amusing, informative, sad, and dramatic tales about these sites. Historian and author Anthony S. Pitch leads this tour.

Join CIA historians and former officers as they strip away the myths and offer an objective, unvarnished portrayal of the CIA's accomplishments and shortcomings throughout its history and examine its relationship to our democratic system.

Behind every great president is a creative wordsmith who writes the memorable speeches we all remember. Who are these industrious, hard working writers, and what can they tell us about their behind-the-scenes experiences? Join us and find out!

Walk around the outside of the U.S. Capitol passing in front of the House and Senate office buildings, Madison and Jefferson buildings of the Library of Congress, and Supreme Court. Hear amusing, informative, sad, and dramatic tales about these sites. Historian and author Anthony S. Pitch leads this tour.

Led by Civil War historian Ed Bearss, this tour visits Richmond’s Monument Avenue and Hollywood Cemetery, and ventures out to sites along the James River just east of the city where a number of significant Civil War actions took place in 1862 and 1864.

Members Only: With exhibits that explore everything from Civil War medicine to the evolution of the microscope to health and disease in the human body, the National Museum of Health and Medicine is located at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. This tour will trace its history from its founding as the Army Medical Museum during the Civil War to the present.

Walk around the outside of the U.S. Capitol passing in front of the House and Senate office buildings, Madison and Jefferson buildings of the Library of Congress, and Supreme Court. Hear amusing, informative, sad, and dramatic tales about these sites. Historian and author Anthony S. Pitch leads this tour.

Fleeing Ford's Theatre on the night of April 14, 1865, John Wilkes Booth traveled through Maryland into Virginia, where, a few days later, he was found, shot, and died of his wounds. During this day-long bus tour, Civil War authority Ed Bearss retraces Booth's escape route and reveals the personalities and intrigues surrounding the assassination.

"Poli-Sci" professor Andrew J. Polsky presents the ways and means of the Commander in Chief. Consider the presidential capacity to wage war, puzzles of wartime power, lasting effects of Lincoln, options in a stalemate, and differing war approaches.

Led by historian Ed Bearss, this tour visits Germantown, Fort Mifflin, and Independence National Historical Park in downtown Philadelphia, as we contemplate the crucial events preceding the terrible winter at Valley Forge.

President Lincoln traveled to Harpers Ferry and Antietam to visit the Army of the Potomac during the first week of October 1862. Many of the sites of Lincoln’s time remain at both Antietam and Harpers Ferry. You can see them and learn about them on this full-day study tour with historian Ed Bearss. Lunch is included at the Cliffside Inn in Harpers Ferry.

Led by Civil War historian Ed Bearss, this tour includes sites of significant activity, such as the Germanna Ford on the Rapidan River and along the Plank Road, where some of the worst fighting took place. Combined casualties in this battle are estimated at about 29,800 killed.

Professor W. Joseph Campbell highlights some of the most prominent media-driven myths in American journalism. One of his apocryphal tales includes the claim that Walter Cronkite's on-air editorializing altered the course of the Vietnam War.

This full-day program with Civil War historian Ed Bearss lets you walk in the footsteps of the Great Emancipator during his hours in Gettysburg. Lunch is included at the Farnsworth House Inn, parts of which date to before the Civil War.

Join us as we follow military historian Ed Bearss to the battlefields of the 1781 Battle of Yorktown. Stirring explanations are given of some of the daring attacks on the British in what was one of the last major battles of the American Revolutionary War.