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The association offers a wide range of lectures and tours on diverse historical topics. VPHA also provides in-classroom history presentations for students across the heritage area on topics including the
Revolutionary War, Civil War, and the Civil Rights Movement.
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Spirited Past; Preservationists Aim to Save Old Black Churches".
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