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Draw the Line Comics Contest

Enter the Draw the Line Comics Contest

Submit your comic by October 2

In recognition of the Year of Civic Leadership, William & Mary Libraries invites students to think about the complex societal changes brought about by technology and innovation throughout history. Submit your comic to our third annual W&M Libraries Draw the Line Contest, and show how civic leadership can have an impact on the "rewiring" of history. All skill levels are welcome and prizes up to $750 will be awarded!

Tower Hill: A plantation on the edge of rebellion

"Tower Hill" Book Talk with Alan Taylor

Tuesday, September 15, 5 p.m.

Join us Tuesday, Sept. 15 in the MacKenzie Theatre to hear Dr. Alan Taylor, Pulitzer Prize–winning historian and professor at the University of Virginia, discuss his newest book. Drawing on the extensive and revealing Blow Family Papers housed in Special Collections, this presentation examines a plantation on the edge of the neighborhood where Nat Turner led the largest slave revolt in Virginia's history. Register online

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Detailed motif from a 1771 One Pound Note issued in North Carolina

In Perpetual Union

Commemorating the Original 13 States

On Display: July 1, 2026 - January 15, 2027