Charles Bryan is president emeritus of the Virginia Historical Society. With Nelson Lankford, he coedited Eye of the Storm, A Civil War Odyssey (2000) and a follow-up volume, Images from the Storm (2001), based on the diary of Union soldier Robert K. Sneden. He is past president of the American Association for State and Local History and serves on the board of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History. He is a frequent consultant and speaker at museums and historical societies throughout the United States.

Lecture topics:

• Books That Changed the Course of American History
• Has America Lost Its National Memory?
• How A Community Lost Its Historic Soul: A Personal Experience
• Separation and Divorce: The Case of West Virginia vs. Virginia
• George Washington, the Model Citizen Soldier
• Lee and Grant

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