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Visiting the Northern Panhandle: The Byrd Exhibit Opens in Wheeling

1/30/2017

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​On January 24, the traveling exhibit Robert C. Byrd: Senator, Statesman, West Virginian opened at a reception hosted by Wheeling Jesuit University. This venue marks the first stop for the traveling exhibit in West Virginia’s Northern Panhandle. As we celebrate the centennial of Senator Byrd’s birthday in 2017, it is fitting to make a stop in the political birthplace of West Virginia.

​Wheeling is a historic industrial city and transportation hub, the site of the western terminus of the National Road and the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. The city was also the site of the Wheeling Convention of 1861, establishing the Restored Government of Virginia (1861-1863) which ultimately became the state of West Virginia in 1863. The convention and subsequent constitutional convention took place in the city’s customs house (today designated the West Virginia Independence Hall) and Wheeling served as the first capital for the new state.
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The West Virginia Independence Hall, site of the Wheeling Convention (1861) and the West Virginia Constitutional Convention (1863).

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The Byrd Exhibit comes to Fairmont 

1/24/2017

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A new year brings new stops on the journey across West Virginia for our traveling exhibit, Robert C. Byrd: Senator, Statesman, West Virginian. You can view these upcoming exhibit venues on our website here >> We hope that you are able to join us as the exhibit makes its way across West Virginia!

​Our first stop for 2017 is Pierpont Community and Technical College’s Advanced Technology Center in Fairmont, located in the north-central region of the state. 
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    • Room Reservations
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    • Educational Resources
    • Teacher Institute
    • Internship Program
  • Research
    • Congressional Collections >
      • Robert C. Byrd Congressional Papers
      • Harley O. Staggers, Sr. Congressional Papers
      • Harley O. Staggers, Jr. Congressional Papers
      • Scot Falkner CAO Papers
    • Digital Collections
    • Oral History Project
    • Plan a Visit to the Archives
    • Collecting Policy
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    • Overdosed
    • Of By and For All People
    • Constitution Day
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